Kamal Thapar in Altoona, Wisconsin

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1986
The Primary Medical Specialty for Kamal Thapar is listed as: Neurosurgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 38
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5193855039
NPI #: 1174610174
NPI Created On: 10/10/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/20/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207T00000X
License Number:
44014
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• Humana
• Security 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. Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc at upper spinal column, anterior approach
2. Fusion of lower spine bones with removal of disc, posterior or posterolateral approach
3. Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae
4. Computer-assisted spinal procedure
5. Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
6. Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
7. X-ray of spine of neck, 2 or 3 views
8. X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views
9. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
10. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
17. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 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).