Benjamin Metzger MD in Manhasset, New York

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
NEPHROLOGY

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University
Graduation Year: 2002
The Primary Medical Specialty for Benjamin Metzger MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 22
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4082641261
NPI #: 1588667133
NPI Created On: 05/27/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/23/2009
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
233490
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish, Polish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
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. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
12. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
13. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
14. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
15. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
16. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment
17. 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).