Deborah Riester MD in Sharon, Massachusetts

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ENDOCRINOLOGY

Medical School: Tufts University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for Deborah Riester MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0446217319
NPI #: 1760439913
NPI Created On: 05/30/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/13/2017
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RE0101X
License Number:
60614
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
2. Hemoglobin a1c level
3. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
4. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. Brief emotional or behavioral assessment
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
11. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
12. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
13. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
14. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
15. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
16. Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp
17. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
18. 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).