Ming Chen in Amarillo, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1984
The Primary Medical Specialty for Ming Chen is listed as: Rheumatology
Approximate Years of Experience: 40
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9931386950
NPI #: 1679766604
NPI Created On: 08/22/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/07/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RR0500X
License Number:
N8171
Listed Gender: Male

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

• FirstCare Health Plans
• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Chinese.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
2. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
3. X-ray of chest, 2 views
4. X-ray of spine of neck, 2 or 3 views
5. X-ray of middle spine, 3 views
6. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
7. X-ray of sacroiliac joints, less than 3 views
8. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
9. X-ray of both knees, standing, front to back view
10. X-ray of foot, 2 views
11. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
12. Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
13. Vitamin d-3 level
14. Creatine kinase (cardiac enzyme) level
15. Uric acid level, blood
16. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
17. Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation
18. Measurement c-reactive protein for detection of infection or inflammation
19. Rheumatoid factor analysis
20. Rheumatoid factor level

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).