Alka Prasad MD in Raleigh, North Carolina

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HOSPITALIST

Medical School: Sorry, her university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for Alka Prasad MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0446248330
NPI #: 1376549956
NPI Created On: 06/28/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/29/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
200500098
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Medicare

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. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
3. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
4. Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
5. Urine microalbumin (protein) level
6. Stool analysis for blood
7. Vitamin d-3 level
8. Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury
9. Cyanocobalamin (vitamin b-12) level
10. Ferritin (blood protein) level
11. Hemoglobin a1c level
12. Thyroxine (thyroid chemical) measurement
13. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
14. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
15. Blood test, clotting time
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
18. Hospital observation care, typically 70 minutes
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day

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).