Melinda Nickels MD in Lubbock, Texas

Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Melinda Nickels MD is listed as: General Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2961456090
NPI #: 1629071022
NPI Created On: 05/31/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/09/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
License Number:
H8293
Listed Gender: Female

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

• FirstCare Health Plans
• Molina Healthcare of New Mexico, Inc.
• Celtic Insurance Company
• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish, Italian, Arabic.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Partial removal of breast
2. Biopsy or removal of lymph nodes of under the arm, open procedure
3. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
4. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
5. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
6. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes

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).