Christopher Kager in Lebanon, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1994
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Kager is listed as: Neurosurgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 30
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9638263635
NPI #: 1205822103
NPI Created On: 09/26/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/05/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207T00000X
License Number:
MD072682L
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• Geisinger Health Plan
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc at upper spinal column, anterior approach
2. Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
3. Fusion of lower spine bones with removal of disc, posterior or posterolateral approach
4. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 3 to 6 vertebral segments
5. Insertion of anterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 2 to 3 vertebral segments
6. Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae
7. Partial removal of bone with release of spinal cord or spinal nerves of 1 interspace in lower spine
8. Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
9. Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
18. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion

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).