Paul Gerdes in Harker Heights, Texas

Medical School: University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston
Graduation Year: 1983
The Primary Medical Specialty for Paul Gerdes is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7517093974
NPI #: 1972562395
NPI Created On: 03/23/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/26/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
G5086
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Oscar Insurance Company
• 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. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
3. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
4. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
5. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
6. Transitional care management services, moderately complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 14 days of discharge
7. Transitional care management services, highly complexity, requiring face-to-face visits within 7 days of discharge
8. Physician re-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 imp
9. 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
10. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment
11. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
12. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
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).