Michael Hand in Monroe, Louisiana

Medical School: Tulane University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Hand is listed as: Nephrology
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6305858192
NPI #: 1417927492
NPI Created On: 01/24/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/03/2009
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RN0300X
License Number:
021439
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Vantage Health Plan, Inc.
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENGLISH, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Removal of central venous catheter for infusion
2. Insertion of needle and/or catheter into dialysis circuit, with imaging including radiological supervision and interpretation
3. Insertion of needle and/or catheter into dialysis circuit and balloon dilation of dialysis segment, with imaging including radiological supervision and interpretation
4. Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
5. Dialysis services (4 or more physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
6. Dialysis services (2-3 physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
7. Home dialysis services per month, patient 20 years of age or older
8. Dialysis services, per day (less than full month service), patient 20 years of age or older
9. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
11. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
12. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
15. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
16. Injection, midazolam hydrochloride, per 1 mg
17. Low osmolar contrast material, 200-299 mg/ml iodine concentration, per ml

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).