John Joseph MD in Ephrata, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Wayne State University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1983
The Primary Medical Specialty for John Joseph MD is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1557348182
NPI #: 1992758627
NPI Created On: 05/17/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/05/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0200X
License Number:
MD421555
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
2. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
3. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
4. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
5. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
6. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
7. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
8. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
9. Study of sleep patterns
10. Study of sleep patterns
11. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
12. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
17. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 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).