Michael Ashton MD in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Medical School: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1999
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Ashton MD is listed as: Family Practice
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 25
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4486553476
NPI #: 1396719373
NPI Created On: 02/15/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/10/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
MD418787
Listed Gender: Male

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

• 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.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Automated urinalysis test
2. Blood test, clotting time
3. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
4. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
5. Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (aiiv4), inactivated, adjuvanted, preservative free, for injection into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
6. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
7. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) with tracing using at least 12 leads
8. Anti-clotting management for patient taking warfarin
9. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
10. Telephone assessment and management service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
15. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
16. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
17. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
18. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
19. Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp
20. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem

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).