William Kerns in Smithsburg, Maryland

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
PEDIATRIC MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Maryland School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1984
The Primary Medical Specialty for William Kerns is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 40
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0941340756
NPI #: 1326003666
NPI Created On: 04/19/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/17/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
D0038471
Listed Gender: Male

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

• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Humana
• 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. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
2. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
3. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
4. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
5. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
6. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
8. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
9. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
10. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
11. Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes
12. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
13. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
14. Annual wellness visit; includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), initial visit
15. 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).