Laura Shepherd in Gainesville, Georgia

Medical School: Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1998
The Primary Medical Specialty for Laura Shepherd is listed as: Nephrology
Approximate Years of Experience: 26
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6204968969
NPI #: 1730162926
NPI Created On: 11/22/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/09/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RN0300X
License Number:
052631
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Alliant Health Plans
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Ultrasound behind abdominal cavity
3. Kidney function blood test panel
4. Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
5. Vitamin d-3 level
6. Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury
7. Ferritin (blood protein) level
8. Iron level
9. Iron binding capacity
10. Magnesium level
11. Parathormone (parathyroid hormone) level
12. Total protein level, urine
13. Red blood cell concentration measurement
14. Hemoglobin measurement
15. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
16. Measurement of complement (immune system proteins)
17. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
18. Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
19. Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
20. Dialysis procedure including one evaluation

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).