Gregory Simmons MD in Alton, Illinois

Medical School: Saint Louis University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1995
The Primary Medical Specialty for Gregory Simmons MD is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 29
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9830092865
NPI #: 1194729871
NPI Created On: 06/09/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/12/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
036102208
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. Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
2. Aspiration and/or injection of small joint or joint capsule
3. Aspiration and/or injection of medium joint or joint capsule
4. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
5. Repair of knee joint
6. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
7. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
8. X-ray of knee, 3 views
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
15. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg
16. Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg
17. Hyaluronan or derivative, gel-one, 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).