Ali Hafezi in Whittier, California

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Ali Hafezi is listed as: Pain Management
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0840387361
NPI #: 1245257948
NPI Created On: 07/17/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/08/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 2084P2900X
License Number:
G70333
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Persian, Modern, Farsi.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
2. Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance
3. Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance
4. Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance
5. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
6. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
7. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
8. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
9. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
10. Needle measurement and recording of electrical activity of muscles of arm or leg complete study
11. Nerve transmission studies, 5-6 studies
12. Nerve transmission studies, 9-10 studies
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
17. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
18. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
19. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 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).