Heidi Karon in Columbia, Maryland

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Maryland School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2002
The Primary Medical Specialty for Heidi Karon is listed as: Endocrinology
Approximate Years of Experience: 22
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1153498480
NPI #: 1144361155
NPI Created On: 02/11/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/18/2008
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RE0101X
License Number:
D0067223
Listed Gender: Female

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

• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
2. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
3. Urinalysis, manual test
4. Urine microalbumin (protein) level
5. Vitamin d-3 level
6. Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury
7. Cyanocobalamin (vitamin b-12) level
8. Blood glucose (sugar) test performed by hand-held instrument
9. Hemoglobin a1c level
10. Ldl cholesterol level
11. Thyroxine (thyroid chemical) measurement
12. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
13. Thyroid hormone, t3 measurement
14. Ambulatory continuous glucose (sugar) including interpretation and report for a minimum of 72 hours
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
18. 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).