Christopher Metz in Brainerd, Minnesota

Medical School: University Of Minnesota Medical School
Graduation Year: 1993
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Metz is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 31
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4688564057
NPI #: 1528068186
NPI Created On: 07/26/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/30/2018
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
40577
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Sanford Health Plan
• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
2. Aspiration and/or injection of small joint or joint capsule
3. Aspiration and/or injection of medium joint or joint capsule
4. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
5. Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis
6. Repair of knee joint
7. Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand
8. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
9. X-ray of wrist, 2 views
10. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
11. X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views
12. X-ray of knee, 3 views
13. X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
20. 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).