Krishnan Babu MD in Springfield, Massachusetts

Medical School: State University Of New York Downstate Medical Center
Graduation Year: 1999
The Primary Medical Specialty for Krishnan Babu MD is listed as: Nephrology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 25
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0941304620
NPI #: 1396725487
NPI Created On: 01/17/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/06/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RN0300X
License Number:
210555
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Hemoglobin measurement
2. Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
3. Dialysis procedure including one evaluation
4. Dialysis services (4 or more physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
5. Dialysis services (2-3 physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
6. Home dialysis services per month, patient 20 years of age or older
7. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
8. Injection of drug or substance into a vein for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
19. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
20. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion

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).