Howard Black in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
GENERAL SURGERY

Medical School: Tufts University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986
The Primary Medical Specialty for Howard Black is listed as: Colorectal Surgery (proctology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 38
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0547252017
NPI #: 1215047626
NPI Created On: 08/30/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/09/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
License Number:
MD039083E
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, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
2. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
3. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
4. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
5. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
6. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
7. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 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).