Kirsten Avery MD in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Medical School: Js Weill Medical College, Cornell University
Graduation Year: 1996
The Primary Medical Specialty for Kirsten Avery MD is listed as: Family Practice
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 28
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9335162031
NPI #: 1477633477
NPI Created On: 10/16/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/05/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
9900757
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• 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. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
4. Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
5. Automated urinalysis test
6. Urine microalbumin (protein) analysis
7. Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury
8. Hemoglobin a1c level
9. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
10. Administration of 1 vaccine
11. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
12. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
13. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
17. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
18. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
19. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
20. Administration of influenza virus vaccine

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).