Melody Swinford in Quitman, Texas

Medical School: University Of Missouri, Kansas City, School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1999
The Primary Medical Specialty for Melody Swinford is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 25
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5496745606
NPI #: 1356412316
NPI Created On: 11/13/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/14/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
L4202
Listed Gender: Female

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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.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
3. Coronavirus ag ia
4. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
5. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
6. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
11. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
12. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment
13. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
14. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
15. Annual depression screening, 15 minutes
16. Annual, face-to-face intensive behavioral therapy for cardiovascular disease, individual, 15 minutes
17. Injection, methylprednisolone sodium succinate, up to 125 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).