Brett Richards MD in Ogden, Utah

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2001
The Primary Medical Specialty for Brett Richards MD is listed as: Hand Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 23
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5496854895
NPI #: 1356470033
NPI Created On: 03/05/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/17/2017
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207XS0106X
License Number:
6426346-1205
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Molina Healthcare of Utah
• Humana
• University of Utah Health Insurance Plans
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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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. Incision of tendon covering
5. Application of cast, elbow to finger (short arm)
6. Release of wrist ligament using an endoscope
7. Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand
8. X-ray of upper spine, 4 or 5 views
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. Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion of needle
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 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
20. Cast supplies, short arm cast, adult (11 years +), fiberglass

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).