Carlos Alvarez MD in Sonora, California

Medical School: University Of South Florida College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1988
The Primary Medical Specialty for Carlos Alvarez MD is listed as: General Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 36
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5193799161
NPI #: 1982679239
NPI Created On: 02/21/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/10/2018
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
License Number:
G66787
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: Spanish, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of central venous catheter and implanted device for infusion beneath the skin, patient 5 years or older
2. Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope
3. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
4. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
5. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
6. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
7. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
8. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
9. 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).