Valerie Torgerson in Altoona, Iowa

Medical School: Sorry, her university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1993
The Primary Medical Specialty for Valerie Torgerson is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 31
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1557403748
NPI #: 1306836119
NPI Created On: 10/24/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/07/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
02943
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Medica Insurance Company
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
3. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
4. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
5. Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
6. Urine microalbumin (protein) level
7. Hemoglobin a1c level
8. Thyroxine (thyroid chemical) measurement
9. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
10. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
11. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
12. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
17. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
18. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
19. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
20. Administration of pneumococcal 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).