James Paparello in Chicago, Illinois

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1996
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Paparello is listed as: Nephrology
Approximate Years of Experience: 29
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1850421736
NPI #: 1457382038
NPI Created On: 07/05/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/27/2009
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RN0300X
License Number:
036105069
Listed Gender: Male

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

• 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. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
3. Dialysis procedure including one evaluation
4. Dialysis services (4 or more physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
5. Dialysis services (2-3 physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
6. Dialysis services (1 physician visit per month), patient 20 years of age and older
7. Home dialysis services per month, patient 20 years of age or older
8. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, 24 hours or longer, with recording, scanning analysis, interpretation, and report
9. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
13. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
17. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
18. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
19. Injection, epoetin alfa, (for non-esrd use), 1000 units

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).