Christopher Pugh MD in Port Saint Lucie, Florida

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1997
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Pugh MD is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 27
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7911977269
NPI #: 1972535698
NPI Created On: 07/06/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/11/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RS0012X
License Number:
200100765
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENG, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
2. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
3. Test for exercise-induced lung stress
4. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
5. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
6. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
7. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
8. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
9. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
16. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
17. Home sleep test (hst) with type iii portable monitor, unattended; minimum of 4 channels: 2 respiratory movement/airflow, 1 ecg/heart rate and 1 oxygen saturation

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).