Sheila Smitherman in Olympia, Washington

Medical School: Baylor College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2002
The Primary Medical Specialty for Sheila Smitherman is listed as: Neurosurgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 22
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0840363370
NPI #: 1417123779
NPI Created On: 05/06/2008
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/01/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207T00000X
License Number:
MD00049355
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Humana
• Montana Health Cooperative
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
2. Fusion of lower spine bones with removal of disc, posterior or posterolateral approach
3. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 3 to 6 vertebral segments
4. Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae
5. Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
6. Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
11. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day

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).