Louis Almekinders MD in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1982
The Primary Medical Specialty for Louis Almekinders MD is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 42
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8921092065
NPI #: 1184723959
NPI Created On: 09/21/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/08/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
28393
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Ambetter
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Dutch.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Repair of knee joint
3. Shaving of shoulder bone using an endoscope
4. Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope
5. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
6. X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views
7. X-ray of knee, 3 views
8. X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
13. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg
14. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 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).