Siva Chockalingam in Columbia, South Carolina

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1987
The Primary Medical Specialty for Siva Chockalingam is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 37
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2264463363
NPI #: 1356300792
NPI Created On: 03/23/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/19/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
71671
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Removal of polyps or growths of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
4. Dilation of esophagus
5. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
6. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
8. Measurement of hydrogen in breath to test for gi symptoms
9. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
17. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
18. Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic

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).