Michael Heacock in Asheville, North Carolina

Medical School: Ohio State University College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2007
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Heacock is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 17
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2668612847
NPI #: 1699932327
NPI Created On: 05/20/2008
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/01/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
2013-00635
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Diagnostic examination of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Balloon dilation of esophagus using an endoscope
4. Control of bleeding of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
5. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
6. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
8. Pathology examination of tissue using a microscope, intermediate complexity
9. Measurement of esophageal swallowing movement
10. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein up to 1 hour
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
19. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
20. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion

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).