Nicholas Rizzo in Palos Heights, Illinois

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School
Graduation Year: 1994
The Primary Medical Specialty for Nicholas Rizzo is listed as: Hospitalist
Approximate Years of Experience: 30
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7719018464
NPI #: 1669447272
NPI Created On: 02/18/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/19/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
S4223
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Removal of impact ear wax, one ear
2. Hemoglobin a1c level
3. Blood test, clotting time
4. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
14. Hospital observation care on day of discharge
15. Hospital observation care, typically 50 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
19. Hospital observation or inpatient care moderate severity, 50 minutes per day'
20. Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 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).