Darlene Bianchino - Nigro in Lynchburg, Virginia

Medical School: Des Moines University Of Osteopathic Medicine And Health Sciences
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Darlene Bianchino - Nigro is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6709914666
NPI #: 1881695393
NPI Created On: 08/09/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/11/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
0102049957
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Humana
• Piedmont Community HealthCare HMO, Inc.
• Optima Health Plan
• 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. X-ray of chest, 2 views
3. Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
4. Urine microalbumin (protein) level
5. Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury
6. Hemoglobin a1c level
7. Blood test, clotting time
8. Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation
9. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
10. Pneumococcal vaccine for injection into muscle
11. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
12. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
13. Anti-clotting management for patient taking warfarin
14. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
19. Smoking and tobacco use intermediate counseling, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes
20. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion

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).