David Ruchelsman in Newton, Massachusetts

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medical School: New York University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2004
The Primary Medical Specialty for David Ruchelsman is listed as: Hand Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 20
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9234282286
NPI #: 1114117553
NPI Created On: 08/01/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/11/2014
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
236891
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, Hebrew.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
2. Aspiration and/or injection of small joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
3. Incision of tendon covering
4. Removal of growth of tendon finger or hand
5. Release of wrist ligament using an endoscope
6. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
7. X-ray of hand, 2 views
8. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
9. X-ray of fingers, minimum of 2 views
10. Ultrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretation for insertion of needle
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 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.