Joseph Choma in Bennington, Vermont

Medical School: University Of Vermont College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2002
The Primary Medical Specialty for Joseph Choma is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 22
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6608949060
NPI #: 1902960560
NPI Created On: 12/20/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/18/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
0600003257
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Turkish, Italian.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Diagnostic examination of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Ultrasound examination of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
4. Ultrasound guided needle aspiration or biopsies of esophagus using an endoscope
5. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
6. Balloon dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
7. Removal of stone from bile or pancreatic duct using an endoscope
8. Examination of common bile and/or pancreatic ducts using an endoscope
9. Placement of stent pancreatic or bile duct using an endoscope
10. Removal of foreign body or stent from pancreatic or bile duct using an endoscope
11. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
12. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
13. Removal of large bowel tissue using an endoscope
14. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein up to 1 hour
15. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein
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 10 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes

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).

They took part in the Million Hearts Initiative, which was deigned to improve cardiac outcomes.