John Simmons MD in Linden, Alabama

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
FAMILY PRACTICE

Medical School: University Of Alabama School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1982
The Primary Medical Specialty for John Simmons MD is listed as: General Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 42
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3870582489
NPI #: 1104832724
NPI Created On: 08/01/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/30/2014
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207P00000X
License Number:
AL16795
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: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
2. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
3. Testing for presence of drug
4. Urinalysis, manual test
5. Hemoglobin a1c level
6. Detection test for influenza virus
7. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
8. Brief emotional or behavioral assessment
9. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Subsequent nursing facility visit, typically 15 minutes per day
15. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
16. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
17. Chronic care management services at least 20 minutes per calendar month
18. 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
19. 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
20. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit

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).