Bernard Clifford MD in Holyoke, Massachusetts

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Boston University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1988
The Primary Medical Specialty for Bernard Clifford MD is listed as: Gastroenterology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 36
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8224077383
NPI #: 1972561843
NPI Created On: 05/02/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/11/2011
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
74396
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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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. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
12. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
13. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 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).