George Tu in Las Vegas, Nevada

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS)

Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Graduation Year: 1994
The Primary Medical Specialty for George Tu is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 30
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1052401205
NPI #: 1720037898
NPI Created On: 05/08/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/30/2018
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0200X
License Number:
9486
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• SilverSummit Healthplan, Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Mandarin, Chinese, Taiwanese.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope
2. Computer-assisted image-guided navigation of lung airways using an endoscope
3. Hemoglobin measurement
4. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
5. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
6. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
7. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
8. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
9. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
10. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
11. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
12. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
13. Overnight measurement of oxygen saturation in blood using ear or finger device
14. Unattended sleep study with recording of heart rate, oxygen, respiratory airflow and effort
15. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
16. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 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).

They took part in the Million Hearts Initiative, which was deigned to improve cardiac outcomes.