Richard Battista MD in Allentown, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University
Graduation Year: 1993
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Battista MD is listed as: Hand Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 31
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0941273999
NPI #: 1467444794
NPI Created On: 08/23/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/16/2014
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
MD056649L
Listed Gender: Male

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Highmark Inc.
• First Priority Health
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish, Sign Language.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
2. Incision of tendon covering
3. Release of wrist ligament using an endoscope
4. Release and/or relocation of ulnar nerve at elbow
5. X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views
6. X-ray of elbow, minimum of 3 views
7. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
8. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
9. X-ray of fingers, minimum of 2 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 5 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. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 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).