Kenneth Chern in Brick, New Jersey

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medical School: Columbia University College Of Physicians And Surgeons
Graduation Year: 1988
The Primary Medical Specialty for Kenneth Chern is listed as: Sports Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 36
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7911903075
NPI #: 1821057886
NPI Created On: 03/20/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/08/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
25MA06554000
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Oscar Garden State Insurance Corporation
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: Spanish, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
3. Partial removal of collar bone at shoulder using an endoscope
4. Shaving of shoulder bone using an endoscope
5. Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope
6. X-ray of pelvis, 1 or 2 views
7. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
8. X-ray of elbow, minimum of 3 views
9. X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg
14. Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose

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).