Michael Petersen MD in Fairfield, California

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medical School: University Of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Petersen MD is listed as: Hand Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 38
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8820069206
NPI #: 1467428656
NPI Created On: 02/27/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/08/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207XS0106X
License Number:
A49302
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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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 large joint or joint capsule
4. Removal of bone joints between wrist and fingers
5. Incision of tendon covering
6. Removal of growth of tendon finger or hand
7. Transplant of tendon of hand
8. Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
15. Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg
16. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 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).