Jeffrey Gerdes MD in St Cloud, Minnesota

Medical School: University Of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1995
The Primary Medical Specialty for Jeffrey Gerdes MD is listed as: Neurosurgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 29
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0749192086
NPI #: 1134181571
NPI Created On: 04/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/18/2014
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207T00000X
License Number:
37735
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc at upper spinal column, anterior approach
2. Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc in upper spinal column below second vertebra of neck , anterior approach
3. Fusion of lower spine bones with removal of disc, posterior or posterolateral approach
4. Insertion of anterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 4 to 7 vertebral segments
5. Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae
6. Partial removal of bone with release of spinal cord or spinal nerves of 1 interspace in lower spine
7. Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
8. Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
15. 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).