Waters Hicks MD in Thomasville, Georgia

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1975
The Primary Medical Specialty for Waters Hicks MD is listed as: Nephrology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 49
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1456383645
NPI #: 1780663807
NPI Created On: 01/17/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/01/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RN0300X
License Number:
38251
Listed Gender: Male

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

• 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. Hemodialysis procedure with one physician evaluation
3. Dialysis services (4 or more physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
4. Dialysis services (2-3 physician visits per month), patient 20 years of age and older
5. Dialysis services (1 physician visit per month), patient 20 years of age and older
6. Home dialysis services per month, patient 20 years of age or older
7. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
12. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
13. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
16. Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes
17. Advance care planning by the physician or other qualified health care professional
18. Injection, testosterone cypionate, 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).