John Shuster in Spokane, Washington

Medical School: University Of Chicago, Pritzker School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for John Shuster is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2668463217
NPI #: 1710955307
NPI Created On: 03/09/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/11/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207XS0117X
License Number:
MD00036590
Listed Gender: Male

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injection of bone cement into body of lower spine bone accessed through the skin using imaging guidance
2. Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc at lower spinal column, anterior approach
3. Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc, anterior approach
4. Fusion of lower spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
5. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation at base of neck for stabilization, 1 interspace
6. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 3 to 6 vertebral segments
7. Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae
8. Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
9. X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views
10. X-ray of middle spine, 3 views
11. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
12. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views
13. Mri scan of lower spinal canal
14. Mri scan of lower spinal canal before and after contrast
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Injection, gadolinium-based magnetic resonance contrast agent, not otherwise specified (nos), per ml

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).