Mark Hodges in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1981
The Primary Medical Specialty for Mark Hodges is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 43
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7315040557
NPI #: 1184669624
NPI Created On: 06/18/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/04/2011
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
07686R
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Vantage Health Plan, Inc.
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
3. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
4. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
5. Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation
6. Measurement c-reactive protein for detection of infection or inflammation
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. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
11. Measurement and graphic recording of the amount and speed of breathed air, before and following medication administration
12. Test for exercise-induced lung stress
13. Determination of lung volumes using gas dilution or washout
14. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
15. Measurement of inhaled nitric oxide gas
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Administration of influenza virus vaccine

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).