Zahid Akram in New Port Richey, Florida

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

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1983
The Primary Medical Specialty for Zahid Akram is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5890862981
NPI #: 1154314821
NPI Created On: 08/26/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/10/2009
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X
License Number:
ME0075549
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Urdu, Hindi.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
2. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
3. Measurement of largest amount of air breathed in an out of lungs over one minute
4. Measurement of largest amount of air breathed in an out of lungs over one minute
5. Test for exercise-induced lung stress
6. Respiratory inhaled pressure or nonpressure treatment to relieve airway obstruction or for sputum specimen
7. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
8. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
9. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
10. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
11. Measurement of inhaled nitric oxide gas
12. Injection of incremental dosages of allergen, 2 or more injections
13. Preparation and provision of single or multiple antigens for allergen immunotherapy
14. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
15. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day

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).