Alan Shikoh MD in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for Alan Shikoh MD is listed as: Gastroenterology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5890770390
NPI #: 1316013121
NPI Created On: 11/27/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/05/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
MD26564
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Alliant Health Plans
• 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. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
4. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
5. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
6. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
8. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
9. Special stain for microorganism
10. Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
11. Tissue or cell analysis by immunologic technique
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
17. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
18. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk
19. Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (dna or rna); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), amplified probe technique, making use of high throughput technologies as described by cms-2020-01-r

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).