Howard Axe in Libertyville, Illinois

Medical School: Temple University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Howard Axe is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0042336414
NPI #: 1649254939
NPI Created On: 12/01/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/04/2018
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
036084066
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.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
2. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
3. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
4. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
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. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
11. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
12. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
13. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
14. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
15. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit

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).

They took part in the Million Hearts Initiative, which was deigned to improve cardiac outcomes.