William Welch in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for William Welch is listed as: Neurosurgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4688769185
NPI #: 1295701647
NPI Created On: 02/27/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/29/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207T00000X
License Number:
MD047686L
Listed Gender: Male

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• Pennsylvania Health & Wellness, Inc.
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Muscle flap wound repair at trunk
2. Fusion of upper spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
3. Fusion of lower spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
4. Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
5. Fusion of lower spine bones with removal of disc, posterior or posterolateral approach
6. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation at base of neck for stabilization, 1 interspace
7. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 3 to 6 vertebral segments
8. Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae
9. Partial removal of upper spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
10. Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
11. Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 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).