Benjamin Paulson in Des Moines, Iowa

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
GENERAL SURGERY

Medical School: Duke University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2004
The Primary Medical Specialty for Benjamin Paulson is listed as: Hand Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 20
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3971628298
NPI #: 1184864340
NPI Created On: 03/02/2009
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/27/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 390200000X
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Insurance Company
• Humana
• 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. Incision of tendon covering
6. Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand
7. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
8. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
9. X-ray of fingers, minimum of 2 views
10. Coronavirus ag ia
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 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, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg
17. Cast supplies, short arm splint, adult (11 years +), fiberglass

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).