Bernhard Birnbaum in Bel Air, Maryland

Medical School: State University Of New York Downstate Medical Center
Graduation Year: 1983
The Primary Medical Specialty for Bernhard Birnbaum is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2163592197
NPI #: 1619070125
NPI Created On: 09/07/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/05/2018
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
D33088
Listed Gender: Male

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

• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Humana
• Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
• Geisinger Health Plan
• 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. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Hemoglobin a1c level
3. Vaccine for influenza 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. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
8. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
9. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
10. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
11. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
12. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
13. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
14. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
15. 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).