Joseph Dement MD in Swannanoa, North Carolina

Medical School: University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1983
The Primary Medical Specialty for Joseph Dement MD is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0547158354
NPI #: 1730182593
NPI Created On: 05/24/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/26/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
32684
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENG, SPA, 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. Computer-assisted surgical navigational procedure for bone procedures
4. Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis
5. Repair of knee joint
6. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
7. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
8. X-ray of knee, 3 views
9. X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem
14. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg
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).