Vern Metcalf MD in Southern Shores, North Carolina

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1996
The Primary Medical Specialty for Vern Metcalf MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 28
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1052302544
NPI #: 1720081128
NPI Created On: 05/31/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/24/2009
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
9900948
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. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
2. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
3. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
4. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
5. Brief emotional or behavioral assessment
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 5 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
12. Hospital observation care on day of discharge
13. Hospital observation care, typically 50 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
16. Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes
17. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
18. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
19. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
20. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment

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).