Charles Hicks in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1976
The Primary Medical Specialty for Charles Hicks is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 48
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9234262775
NPI #: 1831400860
NPI Created On: 06/24/2010
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/24/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
25316
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. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
2. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
3. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
4. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
5. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
6. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
9. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
11. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day

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).