Akil Taherbhai MD in Gadsden, Alabama

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1976
The Primary Medical Specialty for Akil Taherbhai MD is listed as: Family Practice
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 48
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3476599770
NPI #: 1255344891
NPI Created On: 08/14/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/20/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
00017286
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Hindi, Gujarati.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. X-ray of paranasal sinus, less than 3 views
3. X-ray of chest, 2 views
4. Blood glucose (sugar) test performed by hand-held instrument
5. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
6. Detection test for influenza virus
7. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
10. Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg
11. Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg
12. Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg

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).