Brian Smith in Galveston, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for Brian Smith is listed as: Sports Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8426186990
NPI #: 1659464642
NPI Created On: 10/02/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/08/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207XX0005X
License Number:
K9175
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Community Health Choice
• 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. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Repair of knee joint
4. Shaving of shoulder bone using an endoscope
5. Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope
6. Removal of one knee cartilage using an endoscope
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
15. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 80 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).