Benjamin Prentiss in Gardner, Massachusetts

Medical School: University Of Massachusetts Medical School
Graduation Year: 2004
The Primary Medical Specialty for Benjamin Prentiss is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 20
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9234218538
NPI #: 1346338274
NPI Created On: 10/10/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/08/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
230394
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. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
2. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
3. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
4. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
5. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
6. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
7. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
8. Remote evaluations of defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report
9. Remote evaluations of implantable heart and blood vessel monitor system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 30 days
10. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
17. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
18. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
19. Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent

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).