Joseph Catania MD in Syracuse, New York

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ANESTHESIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT

Medical School: State University Of Ny Upstate Medical University
Graduation Year: 1987
The Primary Medical Specialty for Joseph Catania MD is listed as: Pain Management
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 37
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7416949441
NPI #: 1194710806
NPI Created On: 09/19/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/04/2014
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208VP0000X
License Number:
175991
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance
2. Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance
3. Implantation of spinal neurostimulator electrodes, accessed through the skin
4. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
5. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
6. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
7. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
8. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance
9. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance
10. Testing for presence of drug
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Drug test(s), definitive, utilizing (1) drug identification methods able to identify individual drugs and distinguish between structural isomers (but not necessarily stereoisomers), including, but not limited to gc/ms (any type, single or tandem) and lc/ms

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).