Betsy Shook MD in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: West Virginia University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1999
The Primary Medical Specialty for Betsy Shook MD is listed as: Rheumatology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 25
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4688659949
NPI #: 1194723460
NPI Created On: 07/12/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/25/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RR0500X
License Number:
MD420453
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• 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. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views
3. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
4. X-ray of foot, 2 views
5. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
6. Bone density measurement using dedicated x-ray machine
7. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
11. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
12. Injection, denosumab, 1 mg
13. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg
14. Hyaluronan or derivative, euflexxa, for intra-articular injection, per dose

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).