Richard Johnston MD in Saint Louis, Missouri

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Johnston MD is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6103849369
NPI #: 1518968759
NPI Created On: 08/10/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/29/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
R5H37
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. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis
3. Repair of knee joint
4. Removal of one knee cartilage using an endoscope
5. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
6. X-ray of pelvis, 1 or 2 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 knee, 3 views
11. X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
17. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg
18. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative-free, extended-release, microsphere formulation, 1 mg
19. Hyaluronan or derivative, durolane, 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).