James Schafer in Lansing, Michigan

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Michigan Medical School
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Schafer is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2365423613
NPI #: 1972501765
NPI Created On: 07/14/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/16/2011
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
4301062766
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Physicians Health Plan
• Humana
• McLaren Health Plan Community
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
2. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
3. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
4. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
5. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
6. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
7. Interpretation and report of electrical activity of heart using 1-3 leads
8. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
9. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
10. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
11. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
12. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
13. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
14. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
17. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
20. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less

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).