Bruce Altman in Danbury, Connecticut

Medical School: Perelman School Of Med At The University Of Pennsylvania
Graduation Year: 1986
The Primary Medical Specialty for Bruce Altman is listed as: Ophthalmology
Approximate Years of Experience: 38
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0840323655
NPI #: 1336147784
NPI Created On: 07/11/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/09/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207W00000X
License Number:
032433
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Incision to improve eye fluid flow
2. Laser repair to improve eye fluid flow, 1 or more sessions
3. Creation of shunt to improve eye fluid flow with graft
4. Insertion of eye fluid drainage device
5. Revision or repair of operative wound of eye
6. Removal of recurring cataract in lens capsule using laser
7. Complex removal of cataract with insertion of lens
8. Removal of cataract with insertion of lens
9. Closure of tear duct opening using plug
10. Ultrasound of corneal structure and measurement
11. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, new patient, 1 or more visits
12. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, established patient
13. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, established patient, 1 or more visits
14. Examination of cornea and iris using lens device and slit lamp
15. Measurement of field of vision during daylight conditions
16. Diagnostic imaging of optic nerve of eye
17. Diagnostic imaging of retina
18. Measurement of corneal curvature and depth of eye
19. Photography of the retina
20. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 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).