Melody Vander Straten MD in Georgetown, Texas

Medical School: Texas A & M University System, Hsc, College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1994
The Primary Medical Specialty for Melody Vander Straten MD is listed as: Dermatology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 30
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5597793125
NPI #: 1730151549
NPI Created On: 02/06/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/29/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207N00000X
License Number:
M1393
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish, Polish, Greek, Modern.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion
2. Tangential biopsy of additional skin lesion
3. Punch biopsy of single skin lesion
4. Removal of growth (0.6 to 1.0 centimeters) of the trunk, arms, or legs
5. Removal of malignant growth (1.1 to 2.0 centimeters) of the trunk, arms, or legs
6. Repair of wound (2.5 centimeters or less) of the scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, and/or legs
7. Repair of wound (2.6 to 7.5 centimeters) of the scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, and/or legs
8. Destruction of skin growth
9. Destruction of 2-14 skin growths
10. Destruction of 15 or more skin growths
11. Destruction of up to 14 skin growths
12. Destruction of malignant growth (0.6 to 1.0 centimeters) of trunk, arms, or legs
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 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).