Chandrashekhar Thukral MD in Rockford, Illinois

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Illinois College Of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-urb)
Graduation Year: 2001
The Primary Medical Specialty for Chandrashekhar Thukral MD is listed as: Gastroenterology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 23
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1951387430
NPI #: 1942263827
NPI Created On: 04/10/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/30/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
217223
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Hindi, Bengali.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Diagnostic examination of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
4. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
5. Injections of large bowel using an endoscope
6. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
8. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein up to 1 hour
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
17. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
18. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk
19. Moderate sedation services provided by the same physician or other qualified health care professional performing a gastrointestinal endoscopic service that sedation supports, requiring the presence of an independent trained observer to assist in the monito

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).