Benjamin Sanchez MD in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Graduation Year: 1995
The Primary Medical Specialty for Benjamin Sanchez MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 29
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7012813827
NPI #: 1659369536
NPI Created On: 10/13/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/24/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
MD064967L
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
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
2. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
3. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
4. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
5. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
6. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
7. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
8. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
9. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
10. Ultrasound examination and continuous monitoring of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
17. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 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).