Kara Chidester in Columbus, Ohio

Medical School: Ohio State University College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2004
The Primary Medical Specialty for Kara Chidester is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 20
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8527159870
NPI #: 1124172606
NPI Created On: 01/22/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/26/2017
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
35-087266
Listed Gender: Female

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

• CareSource
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
3. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
4. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
5. Automated urinalysis test
6. Urine microalbumin (protein) level
7. Vitamin d-3 level
8. Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury
9. Cyanocobalamin (vitamin b-12) level
10. Hemoglobin a1c level
11. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
12. Liver enzyme (sgot), level
13. Liver enzyme (sgpt), level
14. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
15. Bacterial urine culture
16. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
17. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
18. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
19. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes

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).