Salim Kathawalla in Dassel, Minnesota

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Salim Kathawalla is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5092858829
NPI #: 1760466676
NPI Created On: 12/05/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/05/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X
License Number:
39095
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
3. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
4. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
5. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
6. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
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 45 minutes
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 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).