Kathleen Schaefer MD in Lewistown, Pennsylvania

Medical School: State University Of Ny Upstate Medical University
Graduation Year: 1988
The Primary Medical Specialty for Kathleen Schaefer MD is listed as: Neurology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 36
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7113983263
NPI #: 1770540155
NPI Created On: 04/28/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/15/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 2084N0400X
License Number:
MD050321L
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• First Priority Health
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• 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. Needle measurement and recording of electrical activity of muscles of arm or leg limited study
3. Needle measurement and recording of electrical activity of muscles of arm or leg complete study
4. Nerve transmission studies, 5-6 studies
5. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
12. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
13. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
14. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion

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).