Matthew Werthammer in Huntington, West Virginia

Medical School: Jc Edwards School Of Medicine, Marshall University
Graduation Year: 2003
The Primary Medical Specialty for Matthew Werthammer is listed as: Neurosurgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 21
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8224178991
NPI #: 1912133570
NPI Created On: 06/09/2009
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/22/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207T00000X
License Number:
23611
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• CareSource
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Donor bone graft for spine surgery
2. Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc at upper spinal column, anterior approach
3. Fusion of lower spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
4. Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
5. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation at base of neck for stabilization, 1 interspace
6. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 3 to 6 vertebral segments
7. Insertion of anterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 2 to 3 vertebral segments
8. Computer-assisted spinal procedure
9. Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
10. Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 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).