Thomas Purgason MD in Arlington, Texas

Medical School: University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston
Graduation Year: 1979
The Primary Medical Specialty for Thomas Purgason MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 45
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5991728164
NPI #: 1831161637
NPI Created On: 02/06/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/14/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
F4394
Listed Gender: Male

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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.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
2. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
3. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
4. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
5. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
6. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
7. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
8. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
9. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
10. Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes
11. Complex chronic care management services 60 minutes clinical staff time
12. Chronic care management services at least 20 minutes per calendar month
13. Transitional care management services, highly complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 7 days of discharge
14. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
15. 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
16. 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
17. Physician supervision of a patient receiving medicare-covered services provided by a participating home health agency (patient not present) requiring complex and multidisciplinary care modalities involving regular physician development and/or revision of c
18. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
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).