Robert Foster MD in Austin, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medical School: University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Robert Foster MD is listed as: Hand Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2961303151
NPI #: 1437153210
NPI Created On: 06/09/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/27/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207XS0106X
License Number:
K0754
Listed Gender: Male

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

• FirstCare Health Plans
• Humana
• Celtic Insurance Company
• Oscar Insurance Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injection of carpal tunnel
2. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
3. Aspiration and/or injection of small joint or joint capsule
4. Aspiration and/or injection of medium joint or joint capsule
5. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
6. Aspiration and/or injection of cysts
7. Incision of tendon covering
8. Transplant of tendon of hand
9. Application of cast, elbow to finger (short arm)
10. Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand
11. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
12. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
13. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 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 10 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
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).