Yasir Cheema in Temple, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1998
The Primary Medical Specialty for Yasir Cheema is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 26
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5193816916
NPI #: 1952515876
NPI Created On: 05/09/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/13/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
N9527
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Oscar Insurance Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Irrigation and suction of lung airways to obtain cells using an endoscope
2. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
3. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
4. Test for exercise-induced lung stress
5. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
6. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
7. Unattended sleep study with recording of heart rate, oxygen, respiratory airflow and effort
8. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
9. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
18. Smoking and tobacco use intermediate counseling, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes
19. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
20. 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).