Edwin Melendez in Tampa, Florida

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HAND SURGERY

Medical School: University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1982
The Primary Medical Specialty for Edwin Melendez is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 43
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8224170634
NPI #: 1447274436
NPI Created On: 07/26/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/08/2011
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
0059273
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
2. Injections of tendon attachment to bone
3. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
4. Repair of knee joint
5. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
6. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
7. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
8. X-ray of both hips with pelvis, 2 views
9. X-ray of knee, 3 views
10. X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
17. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem
18. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 20 mg
19. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg
20. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 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).