Russell Laforte in Galveston, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
FAMILY PRACTICE

Medical School: University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston
Graduation Year: 1992
The Primary Medical Specialty for Russell Laforte is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 32
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1254467517
NPI #: 1972662450
NPI Created On: 12/08/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/23/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
J4279
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Community Health Choice
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
2. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
3. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
4. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
5. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
6. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
7. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
8. Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp
9. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem

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).