Richard Balter MD in Farmingdale, New York

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE

Medical School: New York University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1978
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Balter MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 46
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9830298728
NPI #: 1689766537
NPI Created On: 09/29/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/22/2008
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
139759
Listed Gender: Male

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Urinalysis, manual test
2. Stool analysis for blood
3. Blood test, clotting time
4. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
7. Brief emotional or behavioral assessment
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
12. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
13. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
16. Initial nursing facility visit, typically 45 minutes per day
17. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 10 minutes per day
18. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 15 minutes per day
19. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 25 minutes per day
20. Nursing facility discharge 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).