Lydia Ballard in Owensboro, Kentucky

Medical School: University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1992
The Primary Medical Specialty for Lydia Ballard is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 32
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2264461987
NPI #: 1760483457
NPI Created On: 08/03/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/15/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
18425
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 in some locations.

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. Removal of impact ear wax, one ear
3. X-ray of chest, 2 views
4. Automated urinalysis test
5. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
6. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
7. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
8. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
9. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
14. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
15. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
16. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
17. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
18. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
19. Physician re-certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial imp
20. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem

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).