Howard Blaustein MD in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: New York University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1992
The Primary Medical Specialty for Howard Blaustein MD is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6103843958
NPI #: 1760470264
NPI Created On: 10/10/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/23/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0200X
License Number:
MA69845
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. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
3. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
4. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
5. Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
6. Psa (prostate specific antigen) measurement
7. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
8. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
9. Coronavirus ag ia
10. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
11. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
12. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
13. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
14. Measurement of largest amount of air breathed in an out of lungs over one minute
15. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
16. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 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).