Ashar Afzal MD in Waverly, Iowa

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ANESTHESIOLOGY

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1993
The Primary Medical Specialty for Ashar Afzal MD is listed as: Pain Management
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 31
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7214823459
NPI #: 1689628117
NPI Created On: 05/20/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/04/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207L00000X
License Number:
34325
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Insurance Company
• 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 trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid
4. Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance
5. Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance
6. Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance
7. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into upper or middle spine nerve root using imaging guidance
8. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
9. Injections of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance
10. Injections of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance
11. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
12. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
13. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance
14. Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion of needle
15. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
16. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
18. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes

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).