Stephen Shields MD in Clearwater, Florida

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
FAMILY PRACTICE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1980
The Primary Medical Specialty for Stephen Shields MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 44
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3375523590
NPI #: 1427018506
NPI Created On: 03/24/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/22/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
ME053720
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.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Ultrasound measurement of bladder capacity after voiding
3. Removal of impact ear wax, one ear
4. Urinalysis, manual test
5. Stool analysis for blood to screen for colon tumors
6. Blood test, clotting time
7. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
8. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
9. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
10. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 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 50 minutes
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
20. Subsequent observation care, typically 25 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).