Carlos Rivera-tavarez in Southaven, Mississippi

Medical School: University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1996
The Primary Medical Specialty for Carlos Rivera-tavarez is listed as: Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
Approximate Years of Experience: 28
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6709078462
NPI #: 1881681070
NPI Created On: 10/03/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/16/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208100000X
License Number:
36449
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• USAble Mutual Insurance Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
2. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
3. Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance
4. Implantation of spinal neurostimulator electrodes, accessed through the skin
5. Insertion of spinal neurostimulator pulse generator or receiver
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 upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance
9. Injections of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance
10. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
11. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
12. X-ray of spine of neck, 2 or 3 views
13. X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views
14. X-ray of middle spine, 3 views
15. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
16. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views
17. Mri scan of upper spinal canal
18. Mri scan of lower spinal canal
19. X-ray of pelvis, 1 or 2 views
20. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views

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).