Christopher Annis in Elkhart, Indiana

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ANESTHESIOLOGY

Medical School: University Of Illinois College Of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-urb)
Graduation Year: 2006
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Annis is listed as: Pain Management
Approximate Years of Experience: 18
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2365612017
NPI #: 1376760827
NPI Created On: 04/19/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/27/2016
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207LP2900X
License Number:
01069770A
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Celtic Insurance Company
• CareSource
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: Spanish, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid
4. Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance
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 lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
8. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
9. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance
10. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance
11. Mri scan of upper spinal canal
12. Mri scan of lower spinal canal
13. Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion of needle
14. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
20. 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).