Bruce Thorkildsen in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1980
The Primary Medical Specialty for Bruce Thorkildsen is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 44
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6406999333
NPI #: 1215970769
NPI Created On: 06/13/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/27/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
MD046529L
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
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• First Priority Health
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: Spanish, Norwegian, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Removal of impact ear wax, one ear
2. Automated urinalysis test
3. Hemoglobin a1c level
4. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
5. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
6. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
11. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
15. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
16. Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes
17. Established patient assisted living visit, typically 15 minutes
18. Established patient assisted living visit, typically 25 minutes
19. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
20. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge

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).