Brian Hardy in Austin, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medical School: University Of Virginia School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2003
The Primary Medical Specialty for Brian Hardy is listed as: Hand Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 21
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2860546298
NPI #: 1730382193
NPI Created On: 06/06/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/28/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207XS0106X
License Number:
N3071
Listed Gender: Male

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

• FirstCare Health Plans
• Humana
• Celtic Insurance Company
• Oscar Insurance Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
2. Aspiration and/or injection of small joint or joint capsule
3. Aspiration and/or injection of medium joint or joint capsule
4. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
5. Aspiration and/or injection of cysts
6. Removal of bone joints between wrist and fingers
7. Incision of tendon covering
8. Transplant of tendon of hand
9. Application of cast, elbow to finger (short arm)
10. Release of wrist ligament using an endoscope
11. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
12. X-ray of elbow, minimum of 3 views
13. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
14. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
15. X-ray of fingers, minimum of 2 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. Slings

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).