David Shields MD in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Hahnemann University College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1998
The Primary Medical Specialty for David Shields MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 26
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9739285727
NPI #: 1578696670
NPI Created On: 03/14/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/05/2017
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
MD072307L
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Highmark Inc.
• First Priority Health
• Geisinger Health Plan
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Hemoglobin a1c level
2. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
3. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
4. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
10. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
11. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
12. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
13. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
14. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
15. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment
16. Electrocardiogram, routine ecg with 12 leads; performed as a screening for the initial preventive physical examination with interpretation and report
17. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
18. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit

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).