Derek Watson MD in Duncan, South Carolina

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1992
The Primary Medical Specialty for Derek Watson MD is listed as: General Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 32
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4385644814
NPI #: 1699883454
NPI Created On: 08/29/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/11/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 2086S0102X
License Number:
19376
Listed Gender: Male

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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. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
2. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
3. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
4. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
5. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
6. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
8. Hospital observation care, typically 70 minutes
9. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
10. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
11. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
12. Emergency department visit, problem with significant threat to life or function
13. Colorectal cancer screening; colonoscopy on individual at high risk

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).