Rebecca Shepherd MD in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1999
The Primary Medical Specialty for Rebecca Shepherd MD is listed as: Rheumatology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 25
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8628071792
NPI #: 1629009238
NPI Created On: 07/05/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/21/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RR0500X
License Number:
MD428725
Listed Gender: Female

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Geisinger Health Plan
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Geisinger Quality Options
• 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. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
3. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
4. Vitamin d-3 level
5. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
6. Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation
7. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
8. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
9. Non-hormonal anti-neoplastic chemotherapy beneath the skin or into muscle
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
15. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
16. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
17. Administration of influenza virus vaccine
18. Injection, certolizumab pegol, 1 mg (code may be used for medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self administered)
19. Injection, denosumab, 1 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).