Robert Blem MD in Lafayette, Louisiana

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1997
The Primary Medical Specialty for Robert Blem MD is listed as: Ophthalmology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 27
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7517923782
NPI #: 1528026838
NPI Created On: 05/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/22/2016
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207W00000X
License Number:
14948R
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Vantage Health Plan, Inc.
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENGLISH, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injection of drug into eye
2. Removal of eye fluid (vitreous) between the lens and retina
3. Removal of membrane from the retina, pars plana approach
4. Repair of detached retina and drainage of eye fluid between lens and retina
5. Preventive retinal detachment treatment by heat or laser, 1 or more sessions
6. Laser destruction of retinal growth, 1 or more sessions
7. Laser destruction of leaking retinal blood vessels, 1 or more sessions
8. Ultrasound of eye disease, growth, or structure
9. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, new patient, 1 or more visits
10. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, established patient, 1 or more visits
11. Diagnostic imaging of optic nerve of eye
12. Diagnostic imaging of retina
13. Imaging of blood vessels in back of eye using fluorescein dye
14. Photography of the retina
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
17. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem
18. Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic
19. Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg
20. Compounded drug, not otherwise classified

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).