Ronald Schwartz MD in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Maryland School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Ronald Schwartz MD is listed as: Gastroenterology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8729971080
NPI #: 1407816473
NPI Created On: 03/24/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/24/2008
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
35224
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• Humana
• 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. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
4. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
5. Liver function blood test panel
6. Blood creatinine level
7. Cyanocobalamin (vitamin b-12) level
8. Urea nitrogen level to assess kidney function
9. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
10. Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
11. Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis up to 1 hour
12. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein up to 1 hour
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
16. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
17. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
18. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
19. Injection, infliximab, excludes biosimilar, 10 mg
20. Injection, vedolizumab, 1 mg

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).