Nicholas Placentra JR. DO in Boone, North Carolina

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE

Medical School: Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for Nicholas Placentra JR. DO is listed as: Family Practice
Credentials: DO
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7012803075
NPI #: 1760493894
NPI Created On: 08/11/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/13/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
9600685
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENG, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
3. Urinalysis, manual test
4. Urine microalbumin (protein) analysis
5. Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury
6. Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation
7. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
8. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
9. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
10. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
16. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
17. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
18. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
19. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
20. Administration of influenza virus vaccine

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).