Thomas Heckman in Washington, Washington DC

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT

Medical School: Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Graduation Year: 2003
The Primary Medical Specialty for Thomas Heckman is listed as: Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
Approximate Years of Experience: 21
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7618040106
NPI #: 1861650913
NPI Created On: 05/27/2008
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/19/2018
Primary Taxonomy Code: 2081P2900X
License Number:
0102202684
Listed Gender: Male

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

• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
• 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. Injections of trigger points in 3 or more muscles
3. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
4. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
5. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
6. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
7. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
8. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
9. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance
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. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
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).