Blair Westerly in West Des Moines, Iowa

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS)

Medical School: University Of Missouri, Columbia School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2009
The Primary Medical Specialty for Blair Westerly is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 15
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0840456034
NPI #: 1366685190
NPI Created On: 04/09/2009
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/11/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0200X
License Number:
MD-42582
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Insurance Company
• Humana
• 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. Diagnostic examination of lung airways using an endoscope
3. Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older
4. Insertion of arterial catheter for blood sampling or infusion, accessed through the skin
5. Ultrasound guidance for accessing into blood vessel
6. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
7. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
8. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
9. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
10. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
11. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
12. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day

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).