James Rachel in Mobile, Alabama

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HAND SURGERY

Medical School: University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2007
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Rachel is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 17
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1658521554
NPI #: 1609096486
NPI Created On: 04/26/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/23/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
32434
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injection of carpal tunnel
2. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
3. Aspiration and/or injection of small joint or joint capsule
4. Aspiration and/or injection of medium joint or joint capsule
5. Incision of tendon covering
6. Application of cast, elbow to finger (short arm)
7. Application of non-moveable, short arm splint (forearm to hand)
8. Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand
9. X-ray of elbow, 2 views
10. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
11. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
12. X-ray of fingers, minimum of 2 views
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg
17. Cast supplies, short arm cast, adult (11 years +), fiberglass
18. Cast supplies, short arm splint, adult (11 years +), fiberglass

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).