NPI Details
DR. Howard J Hochster, MD is an internal medicine in Bronx, NY with 28 years of experience. The provider is a physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults and the elderly. Internists are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, infections and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. They are also trained in the essentials of primary care internal medicine, which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs. DR. Howard J Hochster, MD NPI is 1497768808. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.
The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a male.
Education
Medical School: ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
Graduation Year:1998
The provider's business location address is:
2233 ESPLANADE AVE
BRONX, NY
ZIP 10469-405
Phone: (718) 918-1100
Fax: (718) 918-1106
The NPI 1497768808 is registered in the Medicare Provider, Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). The provider is legally eligible to order and refer Part B (Clinical Laboratory and Imaging), Durable Medical Equipment, Part A Home Health Agency (HHA), Power Mobility Devices.
The CLIA number assigned to this NPI record is 33D1037326 - physician office with a certificate type of Certificate of Waiver.
The following top HCPCS codes were publicly reported for this provider under the Medicare program for the year 2016. The reported codes are based on the top codes for each available Medicare specialty, excluding evaluation and management codes.
- Chronic care management services, first 20 minutes of clinical staff time directed by health care professional, per calendar month (HCPCS:99490)
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes (HCPCS:99213)
- Follow-up nursing facility visit per day, typically 15 minutes (HCPCS:99308)
- Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample (HCPCS:36415)
- Urinalysis, manual test (HCPCS:81002)
- Follow-up nursing facility visit per day, typically 25 minutes (HCPCS:99309)
- Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes (HCPCS:G0447)
- Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit (HCPCS:G0439)
- Annual alcohol misuse screening, 15 minutes (HCPCS:G0442)
- Administration of influenza virus vaccine (HCPCS:G0008)
- Annual depression screening, 15 minutes (HCPCS:G0444)
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes (HCPCS:99214)
- Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent inactivated, 0.5 ml dosage (HCPCS:90694)
- Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes (HCPCS:99442)
- Routine electrocardiogram (ecg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report (HCPCS:93000)
- Remote monitoring of physiologic parameters, initial supply of devices with daily recordings or programmed alerts transmission, each 30 days (HCPCS:99454)
- Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, first 20 minutes (HCPCS:99457)
- Advance care planning, first 30 minutes (HCPCS:99497)
- Telephone medical discussion with physician, 5-10 minutes (HCPCS:99441)
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes (HCPCS:99215)
- Smoking and tobacco use intensive counseling, more than 10 minutes (HCPCS:99407)
- Physician or allowed practitioner certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians and (HCPCS:G0180)
- Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit (HCPCS:G0438)
- Removal of impacted ear wax (HCPCS:69210)
- Test to measure expiratory airflow and volume (HCPCS:94010)
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes (HCPCS:99204)
- Influenza vaccine, quadrivalent derived from cell cultures, preservative and antibiotic free (HCPCS:90674)
- Ultrasound measurement of bladder capacity after voiding (HCPCS:51798)
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes (HCPCS:99212)
- Remote monitoring of physiologic parameters, initial set-up and patient education on use of equipment (HCPCS:99453)
- Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes (HCPCS:99443)
- Follow-up nursing facility visit per day, typically 10 minutes (HCPCS:99307)
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes (HCPCS:99205)
- Initial nursing facility visit per day, typically 45 minutes (HCPCS:99306)
- Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment (HCPCS:G0402)
The enumeration date for this NPI number is 8/15/2006 and was last updated on 3/7/2023.
Taxonomy Codes
The NPI record includes the healthcare provider taxonomy classification, state license number and state of licensure. The following information regarding the scope of practice of this provider is available:
| No. |
Taxonomy Code |
Taxonomy Clasification |
Taxonomy Specialization |
License Number |
License State |
Primary |
| 1 | 207R00000X | Internal Medicine | | 217550 | NEW YORK | Yes |
Other Identifiers
The following information regarding additional identifiers associated to this NPI record includes the other identifier number, identifier type, identifier state and issuer.
| No. |
Other Provider Identifier |
Other Provider Identifier Type |
Other Provider Identifier State |
Other Provider Identifier Issuer |
| 1 | 02165855 | MEDICAID | NEW YORK | |
| 2 | 069 SQ A | OTHER | | BCBS |
| 3 | P3459263 | OTHER | | OXFORD |
| 4 | 217550 | OTHER | | LICENSE |
| 5 | 32219 | OTHER | | CMO |
| 6 | 2590887 | OTHER | | GHI |
| 7 | 7636262 | OTHER | | AETNA |
| 8 | 201442093 | OTHER | | TAX ID |
| 9 | 217550 B14 | OTHER | | HEALTH FIRST |
