Shaheen Islam MD in Augusta, Georgia

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS)

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1988
The Primary Medical Specialty for Shaheen Islam MD is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 36
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1355311010
NPI #: 1497727739
NPI Created On: 02/02/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/27/2018
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0200X
License Number:
35.086587
Listed Gender: Male

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

• CareSource
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, French.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope
2. Biopsy of lung airways using an endoscope
3. Biopsy of one lobe of lung using an endoscope
4. Examination of lung airways using an endoscope with imaging guidance and ultrasound
5. Examination of lung airways using an endoscope with imaging guidance and ultrasound
6. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
7. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
8. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
9. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
10. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
17. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes

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).