Richard Sears in Winchester, Virginia

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Sears is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1658267802
NPI #: 1467400424
NPI Created On: 05/04/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/10/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
0101052654
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Optima Health Plan
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Diagnostic examination of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Injections of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
4. Balloon dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
5. Control of bleeding of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
6. Dilation of esophagus
7. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
8. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
9. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
10. Destruction of large bowel growths using an endoscope
11. Measuring the stiffness in the liver via elastography
12. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein up to 1 hour
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
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 25 minutes
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 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).