Alexander Melamud MD in Reston, Virginia

Medical School: Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College Of Med Of Case Wstn Rsv University
Graduation Year: 2001
The Primary Medical Specialty for Alexander Melamud MD is listed as: Ophthalmology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 23
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3779516018
NPI #: 1669573788
NPI Created On: 09/25/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/09/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207W00000X
License Number:
0101241613
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Humana
• Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English,Russian, Russian, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injection of drug into eye
2. Removal of membrane from the retina
3. Preventive retinal detachment treatment by heat or laser, 1 or more sessions
4. Ultrasound of eye disease, growth, or structure
5. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, new patient, 1 or more visits
6. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, established patient
7. Eye and medical examination for diagnosis and treatment, established patient, 1 or more visits
8. Diagnostic imaging of retina
9. Extended examination of eye with drawing of retina
10. Extended examination of eye with drawing of optic nerve and surrounding area (macula)
11. Imaging of blood vessels in back of eye using fluorescein dye
12. Imaging of blood vessels in back of eye using fluorescein and indocyanine-green dye
13. Photography of the retina
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
17. Injection, aflibercept, 1 mg
18. Injection, ranibizumab, 0.1 mg
19. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg
20. Compounded drug, not otherwise classified

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).