Vikas Chitnavis MD in Roanoke, Virginia

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1977
The Primary Medical Specialty for Vikas Chitnavis MD is listed as: Gastroenterology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 47
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5799736328
NPI #: 1891773560
NPI Created On: 01/04/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/28/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
0101840402
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Optima Health Plan
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Hindi.

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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 guide wire with dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
4. Control of bleeding of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
5. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
6. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
8. Removal of large bowel tissue using an endoscope
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 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 30 minutes per day
13. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
15. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
16. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
17. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
18. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at 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).