Kanishka Bhattacharya MD in Lewiston, Maine

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
GASTROENTEROLOGY

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1983
The Primary Medical Specialty for Kanishka Bhattacharya MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1658382247
NPI #: 1457333510
NPI Created On: 11/15/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/05/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
158037
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Diagnostic examination of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Diagnostic examination of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
4. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
5. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
6. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
8. Imaging of digestive tract done from the inside of the digestive tract
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
15. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
16. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
17. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
18. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk
19. 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).