James Melvin in Washington, Washington DC

Medical School: University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2005
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Melvin is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 19
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9830382233
NPI #: 1124188776
NPI Created On: 12/12/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/12/2016
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
MT185923
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENG, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
3. Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis
4. Repair of knee joint
5. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
6. X-ray of pelvis, 1 or 2 views
7. X-ray of pelvis, minimum of 3 views
8. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
9. X-ray of femur, minimum 2 views
10. X-ray of knee, 3 views
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
17. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
18. Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg
19. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg
20. Hyaluronan or derivative, gel-one, for intra-articular injection, per dose

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).