Michael Nelson in Merriam, Kansas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Kansas School Of Med (kc/wich/sal)
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Nelson is listed as: Pulmonary Disease
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1951489509
NPI #: 1700855194
NPI Created On: 03/16/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/14/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0200X
License Number:
0421467
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Insurance Company
• Sunflower State Health Plan, Inc
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Persian.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. X-ray of chest, 2 views
2. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
3. Measurement and graphic recording of total and timed exhaled air capacity
4. Diagnostic testing in a pulmonary function lab
5. Test for exercise-induced lung stress
6. Determination of lung volumes using plethysmography
7. Measurement of lung diffusing capacity
8. Unattended sleep study with recording of heart rate, oxygen, respiratory airflow and effort
9. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
10. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
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. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
20. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 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).