HOWARD B BLUMSTEIN M.D. NPI 1598751471

NPI Details

Howard B Blumstein, M.D. is a rheumatology internal medicine in Smithtown, NY with 25 years of experience. The provider is an internist who treats diseases of joints, muscle, bones and tendons. This specialist diagnoses and treats arthritis, back pain, muscle strains, common athletic injuries and collagen diseases. Howard B Blumstein, M.D. NPI is 1598751471. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.

The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a male.

Education
Medical School: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduation Year:2000

The provider's business location address is:

315 MIDDLE COUNTRY RD
SMITHTOWN, NY
ZIP 11787-817
Phone: (631) 360-7778
Fax: (631) 979-1609

The NPI 1598751471 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 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.

• Injection, certolizumab pegol, 1 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered) (HCPCS:J0717)
• Injection, denosumab, 1 mg (HCPCS:J0897)
• Injection, tocilizumab, 1 mg (HCPCS:J3262)
• Injection, golimumab, 1 mg, for intravenous use (HCPCS:J1602)
• Injection, abatacept, 10 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered) (HCPCS:J0129)
• Hyaluronan or derivative, hymovis, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg (HCPCS:J7322)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes (HCPCS:99214)
• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample (HCPCS:36415)
• Injection, infliximab, excludes biosimilar, 10 mg (HCPCS:J1745)
• Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle (HCPCS:96372)
• Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg (HCPCS:J3301)
• Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count (HCPCS:85025)
• Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation, non-automated (HCPCS:85651)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes (HCPCS:99213)
• Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint (HCPCS:20610)
• Infusion, normal saline solution, 250 cc (HCPCS:J7050)
• Administration of non-hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy under skin or into muscle (HCPCS:96401)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes (HCPCS:99204)
• Administration of chemotherapy into vein, each additional hour (HCPCS:96415)
• Injection, zoledronic acid, 1 mg (HCPCS:J3489)
• Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, 1 hour or less (HCPCS:96365)
• Administration of chemotherapy into vein, 1 hour or less (HCPCS:96413)
• Urinalysis, manual test (HCPCS:81002)
• Injection of drug or substance into vein (HCPCS:96374)
• Dxa bone density measurement of hip, pelvis, spine (HCPCS:77080)

The enumeration date for this NPI number is 9/26/2005 and was last updated on 5/19/2014.

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