Shekhar Ghamande MD in Temple, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
SLEEP MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1993
The Primary Medical Specialty for Shekhar Ghamande MD is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 31
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2062515844
NPI #: 1366412090
NPI Created On: 01/25/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/17/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X
License Number:
21012
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Oscar Insurance Company
• 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. Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe cartilage using an endoscope
2. Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope
3. Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older
4. Unattended sleep study with recording of heart rate, oxygen, respiratory airflow and effort
5. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
6. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
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 70 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
13. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 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).