Douglas Ball in Baltimore, Maryland

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: George Washington University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1984
The Primary Medical Specialty for Douglas Ball is listed as: Endocrinology
Approximate Years of Experience: 40
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3577696947
NPI #: 1952366007
NPI Created On: 04/20/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/04/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
D36772
Listed Gender: Male

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

• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Humana
• Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Fine needle aspiration of first lesion using ultrasound guidance
2. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
3. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
4. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
5. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
6. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
9. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
10. 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).