Michael Cantrell MD in Athens, Alabama

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medical School: University Of Alabama School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1997
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Cantrell MD is listed as: Sports Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 27
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3971515685
NPI #: 1184672453
NPI Created On: 05/05/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/01/2009
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207XX0801X
License Number:
26802
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. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
2. Extensive removal of shoulder joint tissue using an endoscope
3. Partial removal of collar bone at shoulder using an endoscope
4. Shaving of shoulder bone using an endoscope
5. Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope
6. Release of shoulder biceps tendon using an endoscope
7. Diagnostic examination of knee using an endoscope
8. Removal of one knee cartilage using an endoscope
9. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
10. X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views
11. X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg
17. Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg
18. 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).