DR. RICHARD RUSSELL HIGHTOWER M.D. NPI 1487652285

NPI Details

DR. Richard Russell Hightower, M.D. is a family medicine in Pooler, GA with 33 years of experience. The provider is family Medicine is the medical specialty which is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine is not limited by age, sex, organ system, or disease entity. DR. Richard Russell Hightower, M.D. NPI is 1487652285. The provider is registered as an individual entity type.

The NPPES NPI record indicates the provider is a male.

Education
Medical School: MEMPHIS HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE
Graduation Year:1993

The provider's business location address is:

1000 TOWNE CENTER BLVD BLDG 1200
POOLER, GA
ZIP 31322-129
Phone: (912) 748-2280
Fax: (912) 748-4988

The NPI 1487652285 is registered in the Medicare Provider, Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System (PECOS). The provider is legally eligible to order and refer Part B (Clinical Laboratory and Imaging), Durable Medical Equipment, Part A Home Health Agency (HHA), Power Mobility Devices.

The following top HCPCS codes were publicly reported for this provider under the Medicare program for the year 2016. The reported codes are based on the top codes for each available Medicare specialty, excluding evaluation and management codes.

• Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample (HCPCS:36415)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes (HCPCS:99214)
• Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals (HCPCS:80053)
• Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test and automated differential white blood cell count (HCPCS:85025)
• Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides) (HCPCS:80061)
• Ldl cholesterol level (HCPCS:83721)
• Creatinine level to test for kidney function or muscle injury (HCPCS:82570)
• Urine microalbumin (protein) level (HCPCS:82043)
• Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes (HCPCS:99213)
• Hemoglobin a1c level (HCPCS:83036)
• Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit (HCPCS:G0439)
• Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh) (HCPCS:84443)
• Annual depression screening, 15 minutes (HCPCS:G0444)
• Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, first 20 minutes (HCPCS:99457)
• Follow-up nursing facility visit per day, typically 15 minutes (HCPCS:99308)
• Remote monitoring of physiologic parameters, initial supply of devices with daily recordings or programmed alerts transmission, each 30 days (HCPCS:99454)
• Thyroxine (thyroid chemical), free (HCPCS:84439)
• Prostate cancer screening; prostate specific antigen test (psa) (HCPCS:G0103)
• Follow-up nursing facility visit per day, typically 15 minutes (HCPCS:99308)
• Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle (HCPCS:96372)
• Initial nursing facility visit per day, typically 35 minutes (HCPCS:99305)
• Administration of influenza virus vaccine (HCPCS:G0008)
• Ferritin (blood protein) level (HCPCS:82728)
• Influenza vaccine split virus, preservative free (HCPCS:90662)
• Iron level (HCPCS:83540)
• Iron binding capacity (HCPCS:83550)
• Automated urinalysis test (HCPCS:81003)
• Management using the results of remote vital sign monitoring per calendar month, each additional 20 minutes (HCPCS:99458)
• Initial nursing facility visit per day, typically 35 minutes (HCPCS:99305)
• Remote monitoring of physiologic parameters, initial set-up and patient education on use of equipment (HCPCS:99453)
• Cyanocobalamin (vitamin b-12) level (HCPCS:82607)
• Vitamin d-3 level (HCPCS:82306)
• Testosterone (hormone) level, total (HCPCS:84403)
• Folic acid level, serum (HCPCS:82746)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes (HCPCS:99204)
• Psa (prostate specific antigen) measurement, total (HCPCS:84153)
• Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals (calcium, total) (HCPCS:80048)
• Uric acid level, blood (HCPCS:84550)
• Initial preventive physical examination; face-to-face visit, services limited to new beneficiary during the first 12 months of medicare enrollment (HCPCS:G0402)
• Red blood cell sedimentation rate, to detect inflammation, automated (HCPCS:85652)
• New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes (HCPCS:99203)
• Stool analysis for blood, by fecal hemoglobin determination by immunoassay (HCPCS:82274)

The enumeration date for this NPI number is 7/14/2005 and was last updated on 2/1/2024.

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