Christopher Plastaras MD in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Perelman School Of Med At The University Of Pennsylvania
Graduation Year: 1996
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Plastaras MD is listed as: Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 28
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3173552874
NPI #: 1134135767
NPI Created On: 08/01/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/12/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208100000X
License Number:
MD437220
Listed Gender: Male

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• Pennsylvania Health & Wellness, Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
2. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
3. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
4. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
5. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
6. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
9. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
10. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 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.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).