James Bell in Palm Springs, California

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medical School: University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Bell is listed as: Sports Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3274617543
NPI #: 1568484756
NPI Created On: 07/24/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/30/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207XX0005X
License Number:
G63505
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Repair of knee joint
4. Removal of both knee cartilages using an endoscope
5. Removal of one knee cartilage using an endoscope
6. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
7. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
8. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
9. X-ray of knee, 3 views
10. X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
11. X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
18. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion

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).