Benjamin West MD in Mcallen, Texas

Medical School: University Of Alabama School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Benjamin West MD is listed as: Radiation Oncology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9739190547
NPI #: 1376587220
NPI Created On: 06/15/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/20/2008
Primary Taxonomy Code: 2085R0001X
License Number:
J7724
Listed Gender: Male

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

• FirstCare Health Plans
• Celtic Insurance Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Ct scan guidance for insertion of radiation therapy fields
3. Management of radiation therapy, complex
4. Management of radiation therapy, simulation, complex
5. Management of radiation therapy, 3d
6. Calculation of radiation therapy dose
7. Management of modulation radiotherapy planning
8. Radiation therapy plan
9. Radiation treatment devices, design and construction, simple
10. Radiation treatment devices, design and construction, complex
11. Radiation therapy consultation per week
12. Design and construction of device for radiation therapy
13. Therapeutic radiology port films
14. Radiation treatment management, 5 treatments
15. Blood creatinine level
16. Psa (prostate specific antigen) measurement
17. Urea nitrogen level to assess kidney function
18. Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis up to 1 hour
19. Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis
20. Infusion into a vein for therapy prevention or diagnosis additional sequential infusion up to 1 hour

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).