Lynda Dougherty in Oakland, Maryland

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
GENERAL SURGERY

Medical School: Sorry, her university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1993
The Primary Medical Specialty for Lynda Dougherty is listed as: Colorectal Surgery (proctology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 31
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6103005756
NPI #: 1376534149
NPI Created On: 11/02/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/30/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208C00000X
License Number:
D0068477
Listed Gender: Female

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

• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Humana
• Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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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 rectum and large bowel using an endoscope
3. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
4. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
5. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
6. Diagnostic examination of the anus using an endoscope
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
15. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk

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).