Scott Simms MD in Denton, Texas

Medical School: University Of Texas Southwestern Medical School At Dallas
Graduation Year: 1996
The Primary Medical Specialty for Scott Simms MD is listed as: Family Practice
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 28
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7012929482
NPI #: 1235123449
NPI Created On: 09/01/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/12/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
L6639
Listed Gender: Male

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

• 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. Automated urinalysis test
3. Urine microalbumin (protein) analysis
4. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
5. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
6. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
7. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
13. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
14. 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
15. 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
16. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment
17. 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).