Sara Simmons in Lakewood Ranch, Florida

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medical School: Sorry, her university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2005
The Primary Medical Specialty for Sara Simmons is listed as: Hand Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 19
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6709058787
NPI #: 1255662797
NPI Created On: 01/22/2010
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/25/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207XS0106X
License Number:
ME113187
Listed Gender: Female

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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, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injection of carpal tunnel
2. Injection of enzyme in palm tissue
3. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
4. Aspiration and/or injection of small joint or joint capsule
5. Aspiration and/or injection of medium joint or joint capsule
6. Closed treatment of broken forearm bones
7. Open treatment of broken of lower forearm or growth plate separation with insertion of hardware 3 or more fragments
8. Incision of tendon covering
9. Manipulation of palm pretendinous cord following enzyme injection
10. Application of non-moveable, short arm splint (forearm to hand)
11. Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand
12. X-ray of elbow, minimum of 3 views
13. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
14. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
15. X-ray of fingers, minimum of 2 views
16. Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion of needle
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
18. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes

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).