Joseph Jacobs in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
Graduation Year: 1984
The Primary Medical Specialty for Joseph Jacobs is listed as: Nephrology
Approximate Years of Experience: 40
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6002872884
NPI #: 1245233469
NPI Created On: 05/23/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/02/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RN0300X
License Number:
MD037424E
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
• 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: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Urinalysis, manual test
2. Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
3. Dialysis services (4 or more physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
4. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
5. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
6. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 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 25 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
14. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
15. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion

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).