Michael Santoro in Mission Viejo, California

Medical School: State University Of New York Downstate Medical Center
Graduation Year: 1987
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Santoro is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 37
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1052417615
NPI #: 1396722435
NPI Created On: 12/29/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/28/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
G67419
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• 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. Removal of polyps or growths of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Dilation of esophagus
4. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
5. Injections of large bowel using an endoscope
6. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Destruction of large bowel growths using an endoscope
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
16. Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito

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).