James Simantirakis in Crown Point, Indiana

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE

Medical School: Midwestern University, Chicago College Of Osteopathic Med
Graduation Year: 1999
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Simantirakis is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 25
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8820124647
NPI #: 1114923927
NPI Created On: 06/27/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/25/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
02002524
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Celtic Insurance Company
• CareSource
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Hemoglobin a1c level
2. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
3. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
4. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
5. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
6. Hospital observation care, typically 50 minutes
7. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
8. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
9. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
10. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
11. Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes
12. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
13. Chronic care management services at least 20 minutes per calendar month
14. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
15. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
16. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
17. 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
18. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
19. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
20. Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic

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).