Paul Kochupura in Gastonia, North Carolina

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2001
The Primary Medical Specialty for Paul Kochupura is listed as: Vascular Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 23
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6406909811
NPI #: 1942441340
NPI Created On: 03/13/2009
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/07/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
License Number:
252099
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENG, English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Removal of blood clot and portion of artery of neck
2. Removal of blood clot and portion of artery of upper thigh artery
3. Bypass of diseased or blocked artery (upper leg to lower thigh artery)
4. Connection of tube graft to vein and artery for dialysis
5. Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck
6. Ultrasound study of arteries of both arms and legs
7. Ultrasound study of arteries of both arms and legs
8. Ultrasound study of arteries and arterial grafts of both legs
9. Ultrasound study of arteries and arterial grafts of one leg or limited
10. Ultrasound scan of veins of both arms or legs including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers
11. Ultrasound scan of veins of one arm or leg or limited including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers
12. Ultrasound scan of vena cava or groin graft or vessel blood flow
13. Ultrasound of dialysis access
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 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).