Christopher Mertes MD in Roanoke, Virginia

Medical School: Northwestern University Womans Medical School
Graduation Year: 1993
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Mertes MD is listed as: Family Practice
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 31
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6709773484
NPI #: 1215928585
NPI Created On: 11/04/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/12/2011
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
0101238380
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Optima Health Plan
• Medicare

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. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
3. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
4. Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (aiiv4), inactivated, adjuvanted, preservative free, for injection into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
5. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
6. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
9. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
10. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
11. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
12. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
13. 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).