Brian Bear in Belvidere, Illinois

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HAND SURGERY

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for Brian Bear is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7517860505
NPI #: 1164535837
NPI Created On: 08/16/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/18/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
036095607
Listed Gender: Male

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

• 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. Injection of carpal tunnel
2. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
3. Aspiration and/or injection of small joint or joint capsule
4. Aspiration and/or injection of medium joint or joint capsule
5. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
6. Removal of bone joints between wrist and fingers
7. Incision of tendon covering
8. Transplant of tendon of hand
9. Application of cast, elbow to finger (short arm)
10. Application of long arm splint (shoulder to hand)
11. Release and/or relocation of ulnar nerve at elbow
12. Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand
13. X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views
14. Mri scan of upper spinal canal
15. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
16. X-ray of elbow, minimum of 3 views
17. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
18. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
19. X-ray of fingers, minimum of 2 views
20. Ct scan of arm

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).