Ira Thal MD in West Chester, Pennsylvania

Medical School: University Of Miami, Lm Miller School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Ira Thal MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8123099454
NPI #: 1881621878
NPI Created On: 06/27/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/05/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
MD044987L
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
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: Spanish, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
3. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
4. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
5. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
6. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
7. Initial nursing facility visit, typically 45 minutes per day
8. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 15 minutes per day
9. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 25 minutes per day
10. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 35 minutes per day
11. Nursing facility discharge management, more than 30 minutes
12. Established patient assisted living visit, typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient assisted living visit, typically 40 minutes
14. Established patient assisted living visit, typically 60 minutes
15. Established patient home visit, typically 25 minutes
16. Established patient home visit, typically 40 minutes
17. Established patient home visit, typically 60 minutes
18. Transitional care management services, highly complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 7 days of discharge
19. Advance care planning by the physician or other qualified health care professional
20. Physician 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 implem

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).