Benjamin Smith in Temple, Texas

Medical School: Texas A & M University System, Hsc, College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1997
The Primary Medical Specialty for Benjamin Smith is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 27
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8729114889
NPI #: 1336101641
NPI Created On: 04/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/28/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
K5698
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Oscar 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. Destruction of skin growth
2. Destruction of 2-14 skin growths
3. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
4. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
5. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
6. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
7. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
8. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
9. 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
10. 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
11. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment
12. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
13. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit

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).