Amir Gharaei in Bellingham, Washington

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1994
The Primary Medical Specialty for Amir Gharaei is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 30
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1456409358
NPI #: 1063638773
NPI Created On: 04/18/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/26/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
MT183118
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Persian, Modern.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope
2. Needle biopsy of windpipe cartilage, airway, and/or lung using an endoscope
3. Examination of lung airways using an endoscope with imaging guidance and ultrasound
4. Hemoglobin measurement
5. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
6. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
7. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
8. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
9. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
10. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
11. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
12. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
13. Overnight measurement of oxygen saturation in blood using ear or finger device
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
19. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes
20. 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).