Dorothy Nicholson in Alexandria, Virginia

Medical School: Boston University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1981
The Primary Medical Specialty for Dorothy Nicholson is listed as: Rheumatology
Approximate Years of Experience: 43
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8628248861
NPI #: 1033298138
NPI Created On: 11/02/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/08/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RR0500X
License Number:
010137786
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Humana
• Optima Health Plan
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
3. X-ray of hand, 2 views
4. X-ray of foot, 2 views
5. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
6. Non-hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy beneath the skin or into muscle
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Injection, denosumab, 1 mg
10. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg

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).