Rigoberto Puente Guzman in Gainesville, Florida

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT

Medical School: Ponce School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Rigoberto Puente Guzman is listed as: Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9739271602
NPI #: 1578542437
NPI Created On: 01/10/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/19/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208VP0014X
License Number:
ME65634
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish, Hebrew, Chinese.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid
4. Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance
5. Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance
6. Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into other peripheral nerve or branch
7. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
8. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
9. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
10. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance
11. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance
12. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
13. Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion of needle
14. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
15. Testing for presence of drug
16. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
17. Therapeutic exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes
18. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
19. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes

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).