Kary Whitehead MD in Philadelphia, Mississippi

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986
The Primary Medical Specialty for Kary Whitehead MD is listed as: Sleep Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 38
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8123060944
NPI #: 1215933924
NPI Created On: 06/27/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/20/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RP1001X
License Number:
11437
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Ambetter
• Humana
• 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. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Ferritin (blood protein) level
3. Unattended sleep study with recording of heart rate, oxygen, respiratory airflow and effort
4. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab
5. Sleep monitoring of patient (6 years or older) in sleep lab with continued pressured respiratory assistance by mask or breathing tube
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
13. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
14. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
15. 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).