Steven Merkow MD in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
SPORTS MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Wisconsin School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1980
The Primary Medical Specialty for Steven Merkow MD is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 44
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1557250453
NPI #: 1336122712
NPI Created On: 11/21/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/12/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
27276
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Dean Health Plan
• Aspirus Arise Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc.
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• McLaren Health Plan Community
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, ENGLISH, SPANISH.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis
3. Repair of knee joint
4. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
5. X-ray of pelvis, 1 or 2 views
6. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
7. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
8. X-ray of knee, 3 views
9. X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
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, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg
16. Hyaluronan or derivative, gelsyn-3, for intra-articular injection, 0.1 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).