Joseph Kretschmar in Greeneville, Tennessee

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
GASTROENTEROLOGY

Medical School: Loma Linda University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1981
The Primary Medical Specialty for Joseph Kretschmar is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 43
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3274620968
NPI #: 1699763649
NPI Created On: 10/12/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/09/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
45714
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Diagnostic examination of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Insertion of stomach tube using an endoscope
4. Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
5. Balloon dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
6. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
8. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
13. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk
14. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual not meeting criteria for high risk

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).