George Puente in Metairie, Louisiana

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George Puente has Gastroenterology as his primary medical specialty. Their primary office is: 4224 Houma Blvd in Metairie, Louisiana.

They're a part of the: Texas Digestive Disease Consultants Pllc medical group which has around 524 members. You can call their office at 504-456-8020 to schedule an appointment. They also accept the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full. They attended Tulane University School Of Medicine and graduated in 1988 (around 36 years of experience). They are not listed as doing telehealth appointments, but this may have changed. It can't hurt to call and check. If anything it may encourage them to make them available if they are not currently.

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George Puente
Texas Digestive Disease Consultants Pllc
4224 Houma Blvd
Metairie, Louisiana 70006
504-456-8020

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Healthcare Info for George Puente

Medical School: Tulane University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1988
The Primary Medical Specialty for George Puente is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 36
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0345149365
NPI #: 1821090192
NPI Created On: 06/01/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/13/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
20074
Listed Gender: Male

Insurance, Services, Charges

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

Vantage Health Plan, Inc.
Humana
Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: SPANISH, ENGLISH, English, Spanish.

Services and Procedures include:

Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 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).

Open Payments Data. This can include items to test (Durable Medical Equipment (DME)), Biological, Drug Samples, etc. This data must be reported to CMS.

Payments Total: $14

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 788717055

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: Immunology

Name of Drug #1: STELARA

Open Associated Drug #1: 57894-060-03

Payments Total: $13

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 788717057

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: Immunology

Name of Drug #1: STELARA

Open Associated Drug #1: 57894-060-03

Payments Total: $14

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 788717059

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: Immunology

Name of Drug #1: STELARA

Open Associated Drug #1: 57894-060-03

Payments Total: $14

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Third party is a Charity:: No

Record ID:: 788717061

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: Immunology

Name of Drug #1: STELARA

Open Associated Drug #1: 57894-060-03

Payments Total: $12

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 771569980

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: GASTROENTEROLOGY

Name of Drug #1: CIMZIA

Open Associated Drug #1: 50474-710-80

Payments Total: $18

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 795718287

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: IMMUNOLOGY

Name of Drug #1: HUMIRA

Open Associated Drug #1: 0074-0554-02

Payments Total: $18

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 795718267

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: IMMUNOLOGY

Name of Drug #1: HUMIRA

Open Associated Drug #1: 0074-0554-02

Payments Total: $14

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 795718273

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: IMMUNOLOGY

Name of Drug #1: HUMIRA

Open Associated Drug #1: 0074-0554-02

Payments Total: $19

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 795718279

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Biological

Product Category #1: IMMUNOLOGY

Name of Drug #1: HUMIRA

Open Associated Drug #1: 0074-0554-02

Payments Total: $10

Number of Payments:: 1

Form of Payment: In-kind items and services

Record ID:: 795718293

Being Disputed:: No

Product Related: Yes

Drug or Biological: Drug

Product Category #1: GASTROENTEROLOGY

Name of Drug #1: LINZESS

Open Associated Drug #1: 0456-1201-30

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