Alan Schaffer in Albany, New York

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Tulane University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1987
The Primary Medical Specialty for Alan Schaffer is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 37
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4183538218
NPI #: 1255310678
NPI Created On: 01/13/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/08/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X
License Number:
187915
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
2. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
3. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
4. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
5. Unattended sleep study with recording of heart rate, oxygen, respiratory airflow and effort
6. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
14. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes
15. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
16. Transitional care management services, highly complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 7 days of discharge
17. Administration of influenza virus vaccine

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).