Raghukumar Thirumala MD in Mc Kees Rocks, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS)

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2000
The Primary Medical Specialty for Raghukumar Thirumala MD is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 24
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0244233906
NPI #: 1730112376
NPI Created On: 07/08/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/31/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0200X
License Number:
MD429463
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil, French, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi,Tamil,Telegu.

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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. Biopsy of one lobe of lung using an endoscope
4. Needle biopsy of windpipe cartilage, airway, and/or lung using an endoscope
5. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
6. Test for exercise-induced lung stress
7. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
8. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
9. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
18. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes
19. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
20. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 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).