Matthew Desjardins MD in Edgewood, Kentucky

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
FAMILY PRACTICE

Medical School: Wayne State University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1998
The Primary Medical Specialty for Matthew Desjardins MD is listed as: Sports Medicine
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 26
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2062484876
NPI #: 1699777847
NPI Created On: 06/01/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/11/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207QS0010X
License Number:
38980
Listed Gender: Male

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
2. Injections of tendon attachment to bone
3. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
4. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
5. Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid
6. Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance
7. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
8. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
9. Mri scan of lower spinal canal
10. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
11. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
12. X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views
13. X-ray of both knees, standing, front to back view
14. Complete ultrasound of joint of arm or leg
15. Ultrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretation for insertion of needle
16. Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion of needle
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 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).