Sami Tahhan in Norfolk, Virginia

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HOSPITALIST

Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Graduation Year: 1999
The Primary Medical Specialty for Sami Tahhan is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 25
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4789726050
NPI #: 1659348068
NPI Created On: 03/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/07/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
0101232448
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Optima Health Plan
• Medicare

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Blood glucose (sugar) test performed by hand-held instrument
2. Hemoglobin a1c level
3. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
4. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
5. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
6. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
7. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
8. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
9. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
10. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
11. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
12. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
13. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
14. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
15. Annual depression screening, 15 minutes

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).