Nithya Palanisamy MD in Mckinney, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE, MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

Medical School: Sorry, her university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1996
The Primary Medical Specialty for Nithya Palanisamy MD is listed as: Hematology/oncology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 28
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8820072291
NPI #: 1952598419
NPI Created On: 09/28/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/09/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RH0003X
License Number:
N0338
Listed Gender: Female

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

• FirstCare Health Plans
• Molina Marketplace
• Celtic Insurance Company
• CHRISTUS Health Plan
• 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. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Ct scan chest
3. Ct scan chest with contrast
4. Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis
5. Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis with contrast
6. Nuclear medicine study with ct imaging skull base to mid-thigh
7. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
8. Carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) protein level
9. Ferritin (blood protein) level
10. Iron level
11. Iron binding capacity
12. Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level
13. Psa (prostate specific antigen) measurement
14. Microscopic examination for white blood cells with manual cell count
15. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
16. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
17. Red blood count, automated test
18. Hydration infusion into a vein 31 minutes to 1 hour
19. Hydration infusion into a vein
20. Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis up to 1 hour

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).