Michael Kerkering MD in Spokane, Washington

Medical School: University Of Washington School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1994
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Kerkering MD is listed as: Internal Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 30
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2860484185
NPI #: 1881602910
NPI Created On: 08/04/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/19/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0300X
License Number:
MD00034069
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Montana Health Cooperative
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Russian.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
2. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
3. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
4. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
5. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
6. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
8. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
9. Transitional care management services, highly complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 7 days of discharge
10. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
11. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
12. 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
13. Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic

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).