George Protopapas in Ridgewood, New Jersey

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2008
The Primary Medical Specialty for George Protopapas is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 16
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5294041562
NPI #: 1528229903
NPI Created On: 06/19/2008
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/13/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
278737
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
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. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
5. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
6. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
8. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
9. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
10. Blood creatinine level
11. Urea nitrogen level to assess kidney function
12. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
13. Stool culture
14. Bacterial culture for aerobic isolates
15. Detection test for clostridium difficile
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day

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).