Michael Valastro in Round Rock, Texas

Medical School: University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Valastro is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0840377016
NPI #: 1619081312
NPI Created On: 08/18/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/27/2018
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
J2391
Listed Gender: Male

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

• FirstCare Health Plans
• Humana
• Oscar Insurance Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
3. Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis
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 hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
9. X-ray of knee, 3 views
10. Mri scan of leg joint
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
15. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 mg
16. Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg
17. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg
18. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, preservative-free, extended-release, microsphere formulation, 1 mg
19. Hyaluronan or derivitive, genvisc 850, for intra-articular injection, 1 mg
20. Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose

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).