Jose Garcia in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University
Graduation Year: 1978
The Primary Medical Specialty for Jose Garcia is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 46
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0840366613
NPI #: 1568441442
NPI Created On: 01/10/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/16/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 174400000X
License Number:
023283E
Listed Gender: Male

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Highmark Inc.
• First Priority Health
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Hemoglobin a1c level
2. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
3. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
4. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
5. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
6. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
9. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
10. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
11. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
12. Transitional care management services, highly complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 7 days of discharge
13. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
14. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
15. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
16. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
17. Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg

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).