Steven Kappler MD in Port St Lucie, Florida

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Tufts University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2003
The Primary Medical Specialty for Steven Kappler MD is listed as: Gastroenterology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 21
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5597791145
NPI #: 1265490163
NPI Created On: 05/02/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/13/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
ME123664
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Balloon dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
3. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
4. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
5. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
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 25 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
13. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
14. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
15. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
16. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk

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).