Rita Mezzatesta MD in Cartersville, Georgia

Medical School: Sorry, her university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2001
The Primary Medical Specialty for Rita Mezzatesta MD is listed as: Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 23
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0840296760
NPI #: 1265538797
NPI Created On: 09/15/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/28/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208100000X
License Number:
058371
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Alliant Health Plans
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid
4. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
5. Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum 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. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
10. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
11. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance
12. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance
13. X-ray of upper spine, 6 or more views
14. X-ray lower and sacral spine including bending views minimum 6 views
15. Mri scan of lower spinal canal
16. Testing for presence of drug
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes

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).