Garth Vaz MD in Gonzales, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Florida College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1988
The Primary Medical Specialty for Garth Vaz MD is listed as: Family Practice
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 36
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3274532817
NPI #: 1285636647
NPI Created On: 08/15/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/19/2016
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
J3644
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, Spanish, Ukrainian, Russian.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
3. Automated urinalysis test
4. Urine microalbumin (protein) level
5. Stool analysis for blood to screen for colon tumors
6. Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury
7. Blood glucose (sugar) level
8. Hemoglobin a1c level
9. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
10. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
11. Vaccine for hepatitis b adult dosage (3 dose schedule) injection into muscle
12. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
17. Hospital observation care on day of discharge
18. Hospital observation care, typically 70 minutes
19. Smoking and tobacco use intermediate counseling, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes
20. Chronic care management services at least 20 minutes per calendar month

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).