Richard Christian JR. in Newberry, South Carolina

Medical School: Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Christian JR. is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 38
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8325022411
NPI #: 1093810723
NPI Created On: 09/14/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/21/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
13495
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of small joint or joint capsule
2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis
4. Repair of knee joint
5. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
6. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
7. X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views
8. X-ray of knee, 3 views
9. X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
10. X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg
16. Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 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).