Joseph Fares MD in Phoenix, Arizona

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1995
The Primary Medical Specialty for Joseph Fares MD is listed as: Gastroenterology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 29
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9133187503
NPI #: 1376523902
NPI Created On: 01/19/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/25/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
25MA06825900
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Health Net of Arizona, Inc.
• Humana
• Oscar Health Plan, Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, French, Arabic.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
3. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
4. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
5. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
12. Online digital evaluation and management service, for an established patient, for up to 7 days, cumulative time during the 7 days; 11-20 minutes
13. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
14. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
15. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
16. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk
17. 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).