Howard Hochster MD in Bronx, New York

Medical School: Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Of Yeshiva University
Graduation Year: 1998
The Primary Medical Specialty for Howard Hochster MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 27
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9931164027
NPI #: 1497768808
NPI Created On: 08/15/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/07/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
217550
Listed Gender: Male

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

• 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. Ultrasound measurement of bladder capacity after voiding
3. Removal of impact ear wax, one ear
4. Urinalysis, manual test
5. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
6. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
7. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
8. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 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. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
14. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 15 minutes per day
15. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 25 minutes per day
16. Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, greater than 10 minutes
17. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
18. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
19. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
20. Chronic care management services at least 20 minutes per calendar month

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).