Sharif Abdus-salaam in Memhis, Tennessee

Medical School: Howard University College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2004
The Primary Medical Specialty for Sharif Abdus-salaam is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 20
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4082752571
NPI #: 1134386592
NPI Created On: 05/21/2008
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/05/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
A108853
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Ambetter
• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• 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 large joint or joint capsule
2. Surgical treatment of broken thigh bone
3. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
4. X-ray of both hips with pelvis, 2 views
5. X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views
6. X-ray of knee, 3 views
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
11. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
12. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg
13. Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 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).