Gulzar Merchant MD in Greenville, South Carolina

Medical School: Sorry, her university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for Gulzar Merchant MD is listed as: Rheumatology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4587644315
NPI #: 1811944754
NPI Created On: 05/27/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/31/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RR0500X
License Number:
18796
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of intermediate joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
2. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
3. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
4. Partial ultrasound of joint or other non-blood vessel structure of arm or leg
5. Ultrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretation for insertion of needle
6. Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis up to 1 hour
7. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
8. Injection of drug or substance into a vein for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
9. Non-hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy beneath the skin or into muscle
10. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein up to 1 hour
11. Infusion of chemotherapy into a vein
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
17. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
18. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
19. Injection, abatacept, 10 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered)
20. Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg

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).