James Shepherd in Concord, North Carolina

Medical School: Wake Forest University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1994
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Shepherd is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 31
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5092808618
NPI #: 1063400844
NPI Created On: 10/06/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/18/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208D00000X
License Number:
9700396
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENG, SPA, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
3. Urine microalbumin (protein) analysis
4. Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury
5. Hemoglobin a1c level
6. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
7. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
8. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
9. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
13. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
14. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
15. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit

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).