Christopher Merifield MD in Seattle, Washington

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ANESTHESIOLOGY

Medical School: University Of Kansas School Of Med (kc/wich/sal)
Graduation Year: 1987
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Merifield MD is listed as: Interventional Pain Management
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 37
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3870578123
NPI #: 1811978976
NPI Created On: 11/07/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/28/2018
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208VP0014X
License Number:
MD00040503
Listed Gender: Male

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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. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance
3. Electronic analysis reprogramming and refill of spinal canal drug infusion pump
4. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
5. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
6. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
11. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
12. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion

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).