Andrew Thornton in Alpharetta, Georgia

Medical School: Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2010
The Primary Medical Specialty for Andrew Thornton is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 14
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2062647134
NPI #: 1336469295
NPI Created On: 06/02/2010
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/17/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
201301495
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Medicare

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Automated urinalysis test
3. Urine microalbumin (protein) level
4. Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury
5. Hemoglobin a1c level
6. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
7. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
8. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
9. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
13. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
14. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
15. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
16. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
17. Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment
18. Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit
19. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg

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).