Kari Sears in South Bend, Indiana

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
SPORTS MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, her university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2011
The Primary Medical Specialty for Kari Sears is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 13
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0446405989
NPI #: 1548556111
NPI Created On: 06/22/2011
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/14/2016
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
01072333A
Listed Gender: Female

---

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

• Celtic Insurance Company
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: None, English.

---

Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
3. X-ray of chest, 2 views
4. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views
5. Hemoglobin a1c level
6. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
7. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
8. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) with tracing using at least 12 leads
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Hospital observation care, typically 70 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
17. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
18. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
19. Administration of pneumococcal vaccine
20. 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).