Sarmistha Kumar DO in La Jolla, California

Medical School: Rowan University School Of Osteopathic Medicine
Graduation Year: 1998
The Primary Medical Specialty for Sarmistha Kumar DO is listed as: Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
Credentials: DO
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 26
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5698750917
NPI #: 1720002058
NPI Created On: 07/27/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/20/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208100000X
License Number:
20A8250
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Humana
• 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. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
4. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
5. Needle measurement and recording of electrical activity of muscles of arm or leg complete study
6. Nerve transmission studies, 3-4 studies
7. Nerve transmission studies, 5-6 studies
8. Nerve transmission studies, 7-8 studies
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg
16. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 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).