Walter Parkhurst in Hixson, Tennessee

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
GERIATRIC MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1974
The Primary Medical Specialty for Walter Parkhurst is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 50
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8325072275
NPI #: 1265406763
NPI Created On: 02/14/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/09/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
11347
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Alliant Health Plans
• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Italian.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
3. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
4. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
5. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
6. Automated urinalysis test
7. Urine microalbumin (protein) analysis
8. Vitamin d-3 level
9. Cyanocobalamin (vitamin b-12) level
10. Hemoglobin a1c level
11. Ldl cholesterol level
12. Magnesium level
13. Thyroxine (thyroid chemical) measurement
14. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
15. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
16. Blood test, clotting time
17. Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation
18. Bacterial colony count, urine
19. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
20. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle

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).