James Halvorson in Wheaton, Minnesota

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
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Medical School: University Of North Dakota School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1980
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Halvorson is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 44
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6103994926
NPI #: 1972521524
NPI Created On: 07/18/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/29/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
32391
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Sanford Health Plan
• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• 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. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
3. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
4. Hemoglobin a1c level
5. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
6. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
7. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
8. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
9. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) with tracing using at least 12 leads
10. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
11. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
19. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
20. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 10 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).