Omar Jaffer in Bellingham, Washington

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS)

Medical School: University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas
Graduation Year: 2006
The Primary Medical Specialty for Omar Jaffer is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 18
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4880877745
NPI #: 1700095494
NPI Created On: 05/21/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/21/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0200X
License Number:
38422
Listed Gender: Male

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

• 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. Hemoglobin measurement
3. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
4. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
5. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
6. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
7. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
8. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
9. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
10. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
11. Overnight measurement of oxygen saturation in blood using ear or finger device
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
16. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes
17. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 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).