Howard Steiner MD in Baltimore, Maryland

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), SLEEP MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Maryland School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1983
The Primary Medical Specialty for Howard Steiner MD is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0749386464
NPI #: 1386739233
NPI Created On: 10/04/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/28/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0200X
License Number:
D0038403
Listed Gender: Male

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

• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
3. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
4. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
5. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
6. Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation
7. Measurement c-reactive protein for detection of infection or inflammation
8. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
9. Study of sleep patterns
10. Unattended sleep study with recording of heart rate, oxygen, respiratory airflow and effort
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
17. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
18. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
19. 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).