Volkan Taskin in Easton, Maryland

Medical School: West Virginia University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Volkan Taskin is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9032303219
NPI #: 1568412492
NPI Created On: 05/11/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/14/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
D0056514
Listed Gender: Male

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

• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Humana
• Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English,Turkish, Turkish, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Diagnostic examination of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Balloon dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
4. Control of bleeding of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
5. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
6. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Removal of polyps or growths in large bowel using an endoscope
8. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
9. Imaging of digestive tract done from the inside of the digestive tract
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
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

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).