Ariel Velasco in Katy, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Ariel Velasco is listed as: Nephrology
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1052366382
NPI #: 1851361703
NPI Created On: 01/24/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/15/2011
Primary Taxonomy Code: 174400000X
License Number:
K1712
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Community Health Choice
• Molina Marketplace
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Tagalog, Spanish, Filipino (philipino).

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
2. Dialysis services (4 or more physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
3. Dialysis services (2-3 physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
4. Home dialysis services per month, patient 20 years of age or older
5. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Hospital observation care, typically 70 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
11. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
15. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion

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).