Corey Ball in Athens, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2008
The Primary Medical Specialty for Corey Ball is listed as: Nephrology
Approximate Years of Experience: 16
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0648336057
NPI #: 1346433216
NPI Created On: 08/23/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/20/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RN0300X
License Number:
31553
Listed Gender: Male

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

• CHRISTUS Health Plan
• 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. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
3. Kidney function blood test panel
4. Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury
5. Magnesium level
6. Parathormone (parathyroid hormone) level
7. Phosphate level
8. Total protein level, urine
9. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
10. Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
11. Dialysis procedure including one evaluation
12. Dialysis services (4 or more physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
13. Dialysis services (2-3 physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
17. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
20. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 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).