Luke Benedict MD in Hastings, Minnesota

Medical School: University Of Minnesota Medical School
Graduation Year: 1999
The Primary Medical Specialty for Luke Benedict MD is listed as: Endocrinology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 25
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4789621061
NPI #: 1972557908
NPI Created On: 05/22/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/11/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RE0101X
License Number:
42814
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
3. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
4. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
5. Urine microalbumin (protein) level
6. Vitamin d-3 level
7. Blood glucose (sugar) level
8. Hemoglobin a1c level
9. Thyroxine (thyroid chemical) measurement
10. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
11. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
12. Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (aiiv4), inactivated, adjuvanted, preservative free, for injection into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
13. Ambulatory continuous glucose (sugar) including interpretation and report for a minimum of 72 hours
14. Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis up to 1 hour
15. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion

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).