Christopher Lincoski MD in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HAND SURGERY

Medical School: Temple University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1999
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Lincoski MD is listed as: General Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 25
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2062476708
NPI #: 1265494769
NPI Created On: 04/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/14/2017
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
MD424715
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. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
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. Incision to repair tendon covering at wrist
6. Removal of bone joints between wrist and fingers
7. Incision of tendon covering
8. Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand
9. X-ray of elbow, minimum of 3 views
10. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
11. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
12. X-ray of fingers, minimum of 2 views
13. X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 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).