Mitchell Ahrens in Springfield, Missouri

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2002
The Primary Medical Specialty for Mitchell Ahrens is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 22
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9931288073
NPI #: 1407967235
NPI Created On: 08/31/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/27/2018
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
26659
Listed Gender: Male

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

• QualChoice Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc.
• USAble Mutual Insurance Company
• Celtic Insurance Company
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENGL.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe cartilage using an endoscope
2. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
3. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
4. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
5. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
6. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
7. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
8. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
9. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
10. Unattended sleep study with recording of heart rate, oxygen, respiratory airflow and effort
11. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
12. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
13. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
14. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day

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).