Santosh Gupta Bala in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Medical College Of Pennsylvania
Graduation Year: 1987
The Primary Medical Specialty for Santosh Gupta Bala is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 37
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1951375922
NPI #: 1760456297
NPI Created On: 02/13/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/10/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
MD042623E
Listed Gender: Female

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• 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: Arabic, Hindi, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
2. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
3. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
4. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
5. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
6. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
7. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
8. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
9. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
10. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
17. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 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).