Charles Walch in Oakland, Maryland

Medical School: Medical College Of Pennsylvania
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Charles Walch is listed as: General Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0941383418
NPI #: 1396845384
NPI Created On: 09/22/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/10/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
License Number:
D47925
Listed Gender: Male

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

• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• 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. Insertion of central venous catheter and implanted device for infusion beneath the skin, patient 5 years or older
2. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small 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. Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope
7. Repair of groin hernia patient age 5 years or older
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 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. Hospital observation care, typically 30 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
17. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
18. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
19. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for 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).