Joel Schaefer in Grand Junction, Colorado

Medical School: University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1997
The Primary Medical Specialty for Joel Schaefer is listed as: General Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 27
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5799830451
NPI #: 1558474676
NPI Created On: 08/15/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/21/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
License Number:
40455
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• University of Utah Health Insurance Plans
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, French.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc at lower spinal column, anterior approach
2. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
3. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
4. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day

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).

They took part in the Million Hearts Initiative, which was deigned to improve cardiac outcomes.