Carlos Encarnacion MD in Waco, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986
The Primary Medical Specialty for Carlos Encarnacion MD is listed as: Medical Oncology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 38
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7810905163
NPI #: 1245273838
NPI Created On: 06/13/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/14/2008
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RX0202X
License Number:
H8922
Listed Gender: Male

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

• FirstCare Health Plans
• Molina Marketplace
• Celtic Insurance Company
• CHRISTUS Health Plan
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Ct scan chest with contrast
3. Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis with contrast
4. Nuclear medicine study with ct imaging skull base to mid-thigh
5. Microscopic examination for white blood cells with manual cell count
6. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
7. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
8. Hydration infusion into a vein 31 minutes to 1 hour
9. Hydration infusion into a vein
10. Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis up to 1 hour
11. Infusion into a vein for therapy prevention or diagnosis additional sequential infusion up to 1 hour
12. Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis, concurrent with another infusion
13. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
14. Injection of different drug or substance into a vein for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
15. Infusion of different chemotherapy drug or substance into a vein
16. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein up to 1 hour
17. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein
18. Infusion of different chemotherapy drug or substance into a vein up to 1 hour
19. Irrigation of implanted venous access drug delivery device
20. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 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).