Laura Chavez DO in Hackensack, New Jersey

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Medical School: New York College Of Osteo Medicine Of New York Institute Of Technology
Graduation Year: 1998
The Primary Medical Specialty for Laura Chavez DO is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: DO
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 26
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5991737330
NPI #: 1326136417
NPI Created On: 10/11/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/26/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0300X
License Number:
25MB072498
Listed Gender: Female

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Oscar Garden State Insurance Corporation
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: Spanish, Portuguese,Spanish, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
2. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
3. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
4. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
5. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
6. Initial nursing facility visit, typically 45 minutes per day
7. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 25 minutes per day
8. Nursing facility discharge management, more than 30 minutes
9. Smoking and tobacco use intermediate counseling, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes
10. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
11. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem
12. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
13. Annual alcohol misuse screening, 15 minutes
14. Annual depression screening, 15 minutes
15. Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).