Allen Tafel MD in Fort Myers, Florida

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Medical School: University Of Louisville School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Allen Tafel MD is listed as: Pain Management
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6002896172
NPI #: 1326041542
NPI Created On: 05/23/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/18/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 2081P2900X
License Number:
ME0075301
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish, Italian.

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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 of dye for x-ray imaging of hip joint
4. Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid
5. Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance
6. Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum 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. X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views
12. X-ray of middle spine, 3 views
13. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, minimum of 4 views
14. Mri scan of upper spinal canal
15. Mri scan of lower spinal canal
16. Mri scan of lower spinal canal before and after contrast
17. X-ray of pelvis, 1 or 2 views
18. Mri scan of pelvis
19. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
20. Radiological supervision and interpretation x-ray of hip joint

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).