Gary Howard in Calera, Alabama

Medical School: University Of Alabama School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1984
The Primary Medical Specialty for Gary Howard is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 40
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0547458580
NPI #: 1194714428
NPI Created On: 10/19/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/26/2016
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
13355
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Bright Health Insurance Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. X-ray of chest, 2 views
4. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
5. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
6. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
13. Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes
14. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
15. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
16. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
17. Transitional care management services, highly complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 7 days of discharge
18. Administration of influenza virus 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).