John Piper MD in Des Moines, Iowa

Medical School: University Of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for John Piper MD is listed as: Neurosurgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4486541604
NPI #: 1740276773
NPI Created On: 09/26/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/17/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207T00000X
License Number:
MD-30705
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Insurance Company
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Harvest of bone fragments for spine surgery graft
2. Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
3. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 3 to 6 vertebral segments
4. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
5. Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day

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).