William Cowardin in Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of North Dakota School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1984
The Primary Medical Specialty for William Cowardin is listed as: Nephrology
Approximate Years of Experience: 40
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4082755236
NPI #: 1356332829
NPI Created On: 11/02/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/07/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RN0300X
License Number:
30744
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• 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. Blood test, clotting time
3. Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
4. Dialysis services (2-3 physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
5. Home dialysis services per month, patient 20 years of age or older
6. Home dialysis services per month, patient 20 years of age or older
7. Dialysis services, per day (less than full month service), patient 20 years of age or older
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
11. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
15. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
16. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion

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).