Paul Castello in Santa Maria, California

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Paul Castello is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7012804503
NPI #: 1669434510
NPI Created On: 04/05/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/18/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
G69783
Listed Gender: Male

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Repair of knee joint
4. Application of cast, elbow to finger (short arm)
5. Shaving of shoulder bone using an endoscope
6. Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope
7. Removal of both knee cartilages using an endoscope
8. Removal of one knee cartilage using an endoscope
9. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
10. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
11. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
12. X-ray of knee, 3 views
13. X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
14. X-ray of both knees, standing, front to back view
15. X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day

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).