Thomas Pittelkow in Rochester, Minnesota

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2009
The Primary Medical Specialty for Thomas Pittelkow is listed as: Interventional Pain Management
Approximate Years of Experience: 15
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8820269335
NPI #: 1033352307
NPI Created On: 04/15/2009
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/04/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207LP2900X
License Number:
54556
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
2. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
3. Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid
4. Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance
5. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
6. Injections of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance
7. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
8. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
9. Destruction of upper or middle spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance
10. Destruction of upper or middle spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance
11. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance
12. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance
13. Ultrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretation for insertion of needle
14. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
20. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 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).