Mark Hawkins in Hickory, North Carolina

Medical School: University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Mark Hawkins is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8820112410
NPI #: 1023157229
NPI Created On: 02/05/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/30/2014
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
96-01628
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENG.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
3. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
4. Liver function blood test panel
5. Automated urinalysis test
6. Cerebrospinal fluid, or amniotic fluid albumin (protein) level
7. Urine microalbumin (protein) level
8. Cyanocobalamin (vitamin b-12) level
9. Folic acid level
10. Hemoglobin a1c level
11. Thyroxine (thyroid chemical) measurement
12. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
13. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
14. Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation
15. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
16. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
17. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes

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).