Andrew Schakel in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2005
The Primary Medical Specialty for Andrew Schakel is listed as: Pain Management
Approximate Years of Experience: 19
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4981750858
NPI #: 1659506996
NPI Created On: 05/15/2009
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/27/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 2081P2900X
License Number:
52055
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid
3. Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance
4. Implantation of spinal neurostimulator electrodes, accessed through the skin
5. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
6. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
7. Injections of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance
8. Injections of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance
9. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
10. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
11. X-ray of middle spine, 3 views
12. Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion of needle
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
17. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
18. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
19. Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg
20. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 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).