William Olstein in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Graduation Year: 2006
The Primary Medical Specialty for William Olstein is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 18
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8921150764
NPI #: 1982791455
NPI Created On: 10/06/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/24/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
OS014346
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• Geisinger Health Plan
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Geisinger Quality Options
• 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. Urinalysis, manual test
3. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
4. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
5. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
6. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
7. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
8. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
9. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
10. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
11. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
12. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
13. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
14. 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).