Anthony Rivera in Raleigh, North Carolina

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
PAIN MANAGEMENT

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School
Graduation Year: 2003
The Primary Medical Specialty for Anthony Rivera is listed as: Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
Approximate Years of Experience: 21
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2961598420
NPI #: 1487860524
NPI Created On: 05/15/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/18/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208100000X
License Number:
A90617
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
2. Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
3. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
4. Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid
5. Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance
6. Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance
7. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
8. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
9. Injections of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance
10. Injections of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance
11. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
12. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
13. Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion of needle
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
17. Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg
18. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 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).