Paul Liefeld MD in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Medical School: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1979
The Primary Medical Specialty for Paul Liefeld MD is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 45
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5294779971
NPI #: 1619998309
NPI Created On: 07/21/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/31/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
MD024200E
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• 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 large joint or joint capsule
3. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
4. Repair of knee joint
5. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
6. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
7. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 1 view
8. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
9. X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
14. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg
15. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg
16. Hyaluronan or derivative, euflexxa, for intra-articular injection, per dose

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).