Michael Blum in Hoover, Alabama

Medical School: University Of Alabama School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Blum is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5294723342
NPI #: 1518915016
NPI Created On: 05/05/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/09/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
MD.15203
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Bright Health Insurance Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Repair of knee joint
3. Shaving of shoulder bone using an endoscope
4. Removal of one knee cartilage using an endoscope
5. X-ray of spine of neck, 2 or 3 views
6. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
7. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
8. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
9. X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views
10. X-ray of both knees, standing, front to back view
11. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg
17. Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg
18. Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg
19. Hyaluronan or derivative, synvisc or synvisc-one, for intra-articular injection, 1 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).