Bahadir Baris MD in Columbus, Georgia

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), INTERNAL MEDICINE, SLEEP MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1984
The Primary Medical Specialty for Bahadir Baris MD is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1759347073
NPI #: 1710942446
NPI Created On: 04/18/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/04/2009
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X
License Number:
040305
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Ambetter
• 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. Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope
2. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
3. X-ray of chest, 2 views
4. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
5. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
6. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
7. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
8. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
9. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
10. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
11. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
12. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
13. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
14. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 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).