Arthur Sakowitz in Paramus, New Jersey

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
PULMONARY DISEASE

Medical School: University Of Vermont College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1970
The Primary Medical Specialty for Arthur Sakowitz is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 54
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2961698485
NPI #: 1710955174
NPI Created On: 03/10/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/06/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X
License Number:
25MA02967500
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
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Oscar Garden State Insurance Corporation
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Ct scan chest before and after contrast
2. Measurement of largest amount of air breathed in an out of lungs over one minute
3. Single measurement of remaining air or lung capacity after exhalation
4. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
5. Exercise test for spasm of lung airways
6. Test for exercise-induced lung stress
7. Demonstration and/or evaluation of patient use of aerosol generator, nebulizer, metered dose inhaler or intermittent positive pressure breathing (ippb) device
8. Demonstration and/or evaluation of manual maneuvers to chest wall to assist movement of lung secretions
9. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
10. Measurement of airway resistance by impulse oscillometry
11. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
12. Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide gas
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
15. Smoking and tobacco use intermediate counseling, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes
16. Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, greater than 10 minutes
17. Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 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).