Samuel Blackwell MD in Apex, North Carolina

Medical School: Duke University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Samuel Blackwell MD is listed as: Family Practice
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0143284349
NPI #: 1770677635
NPI Created On: 10/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/03/2014
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
32989
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Optima Health Plan
• 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. X-ray of chest, 2 views
3. Urine microalbumin (protein) analysis
4. Hemoglobin a1c level
5. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
6. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
7. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
8. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
9. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
10. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) with tracing using at least 12 leads
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
15. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
16. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
17. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
18. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
19. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit

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).