Vijaykumar Patel MD in Dalton, Georgia

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1981
The Primary Medical Specialty for Vijaykumar Patel MD is listed as: Gastroenterology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 43
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5698725992
NPI #: 1558343434
NPI Created On: 11/16/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/05/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
33175
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Alliant Health Plans
• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Asian Indian.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Diagnostic examination 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. Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
5. Removal of polyps or growths of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
6. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
8. Injections of large bowel using an endoscope
9. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
10. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
11. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
12. Special stain for microorganism
13. Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 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).