Robert Shugart in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Medical School: Indiana University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986
The Primary Medical Specialty for Robert Shugart is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 38
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3072514967
NPI #: 1679576656
NPI Created On: 05/24/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/07/2016
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207XS0117X
License Number:
01041990A
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Celtic Insurance Company
• Humana
• CareSource
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Harvest of bone marrow for spine surgery graft
2. Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc at upper spinal column, anterior approach
3. Fusion of spine bones with removal of disc in upper spinal column below second vertebra of neck , anterior approach
4. Fusion of lower spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
5. Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
6. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation at base of neck for stabilization, 1 interspace
7. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 3 to 6 vertebral segments
8. Insertion of anterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 2 to 3 vertebral segments
9. Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae
10. Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
11. Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
12. X-ray of spine, 1 view
13. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
14. Imaging guidance for procedure, up to 1 hour
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 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).