Kara Johnson in Fargo, North Dakota

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS)

Medical School: University Of North Dakota School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2006
The Primary Medical Specialty for Kara Johnson is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 18
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6800946013
NPI #: 1578708228
NPI Created On: 12/10/2008
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/04/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
49759
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Sanford Health Plan
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope
2. Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older
3. Insertion of arterial catheter for blood sampling or infusion, accessed through the skin
4. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
5. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
6. Test for exercise-induced lung stress
7. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
8. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
14. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes
15. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient
16. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
17. 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).