James Wertz DO in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Wertz DO is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: DO
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8729028147
NPI #: 1184674657
NPI Created On: 05/12/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/31/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
OS007140L
Listed Gender: Male

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• 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. Hemoglobin a1c level
2. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
3. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
4. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
5. Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (aiiv4), inactivated, adjuvanted, preservative free, for injection into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
6. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
7. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
9. Initial nursing facility visit, typically 45 minutes per day
10. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 25 minutes per day
11. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 25 minutes per day
12. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 35 minutes per day
13. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 35 minutes per day
14. Nursing facility discharge management, more than 30 minutes
15. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
16. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
17. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
18. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
19. 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
20. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment

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).