Bernard Hale in Calera, Alabama

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Medical School: Meharry Medical College School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for Bernard Hale is listed as: Family Practice
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3577648203
NPI #: 1558338236
NPI Created On: 03/02/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/08/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207Q00000X
License Number:
13622
Listed Gender: Male

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

• 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. Urinalysis, manual test
4. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
5. Sars-cov-2 covid-19 amp prb
6. Detection test for influenza virus
7. Strep test (streptococcus, group a)
8. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
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. Injection, ceftriaxone sodium, per 250 mg
14. Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg
15. Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg

They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).

They took part in the Million Hearts Initiative, which was deigned to improve cardiac outcomes.