Robert Kraus in Lakeland, Tennessee

Medical School: University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1975
The Primary Medical Specialty for Robert Kraus is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 49
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1052474194
NPI #: 1396843918
NPI Created On: 09/20/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/08/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
MD0000010102
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. X-ray of chest, 2 views
3. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
4. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
5. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
6. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
11. Hospital observation care on day of discharge
12. Hospital observation care, typically 70 minutes
13. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
16. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
17. Transitional care management services, highly complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 7 days of discharge
18. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem

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).