Bruce Barton in Alexandria, Louisiana

Medical School: Tulane University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1984
The Primary Medical Specialty for Bruce Barton is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 40
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4587637327
NPI #: 1003876731
NPI Created On: 03/25/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/02/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
017897
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Vantage Health Plan, Inc.
• Humana
• Medicare

Languages spoken by staff include: ENGLISH, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Urinalysis, manual test
3. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
4. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
13. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
14. Initial nursing facility visit, typically 25 minutes per day
15. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 10 minutes per day
16. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 15 minutes per day
17. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
18. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
19. Physician re-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 to affirm the initial imp
20. Physician 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 to affirm the initial implem

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).