Melinda Smith MD in Clinton, South Carolina

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for Melinda Smith MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4981633146
NPI #: 1922084086
NPI Created On: 12/21/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/03/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
15381
Listed Gender: Female

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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.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. External ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
2. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
3. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
4. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
5. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
6. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
7. Heart rhythm tracing of 48-hour ekg
8. Heart rhythm symptom-related tracing of 24-hour ekg monitoring up to 30 days
9. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
10. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
11. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
12. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
13. Ultrasound examination and continuous monitoring of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
14. Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck
15. Ultrasound scan of abdominal, pelvic, and/or scrotal arterial inflow and venous outflow
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
20. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 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).