Karen Scanlan MD in Needham, Massachusetts

Medical School: Georgetown University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Karen Scanlan MD is listed as: Medical Oncology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5496731424
NPI #: 1639176662
NPI Created On: 07/06/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/16/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RH0003X
License Number:
81177
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Humana
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Blood test, clotting time
2. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
3. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
4. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
10. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
11. Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp
12. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem
13. Physician supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician development and/or revision of c
14. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment
15. Electrocardiogram, routine ecg with 12 leads; performed as a screening for the initial preventive physical examination with interpretation and report
16. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
17. Annual depression screening, 15 minutes
18. Injection, vitamin b-12 cyanocobalamin, up to 1000 mcg

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).