Nicholas Benson MD in Stillwater, Minnesota

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Minnesota Medical School
Graduation Year: 2001
The Primary Medical Specialty for Nicholas Benson MD is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 23
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6507963063
NPI #: 1710935895
NPI Created On: 05/04/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/28/2011
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X
License Number:
45325
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• 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. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
3. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
4. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
5. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
6. Test for exercise-induced lung stress
7. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
8. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
9. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
10. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
11. Measurement of inhaled nitric oxide gas
12. Unattended sleep study with recording of heart rate, oxygen, respiratory airflow and effort
13. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
14. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day

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).