Brian Bast in Darien, Connecticut

Medical School: Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine
Graduation Year: 2002
The Primary Medical Specialty for Brian Bast is listed as: Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
Approximate Years of Experience: 22
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4486748407
NPI #: 1063633188
NPI Created On: 05/02/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/02/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208100000X
License Number:
233705
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care 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. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
4. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
5. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
6. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
7. X-ray of spine of neck, 2 or 3 views
8. X-ray of middle spine, 3 views
9. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
10. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
11. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
12. X-ray of knee, 3 views
13. Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion of needle
14. Needle measurement and recording of electrical activity of muscles of arm or leg complete study
15. Nerve transmission studies, 7-8 studies
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 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).