Thomas Vendegna in San Luis Obispo, California

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS)

Medical School: Washington University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Thomas Vendegna is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3971584277
NPI #: 1760468599
NPI Created On: 12/22/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/08/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X
License Number:
G83698
Listed Gender: Male

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
2. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
3. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
4. Demonstration and/or evaluation of patient use of aerosol generator, nebulizer, metered dose inhaler or intermittent positive pressure breathing (ippb) device
5. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
6. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
7. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
8. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
15. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes
16. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient
17. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
18. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
19. Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic

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).