Franklin Chou in Hermitage, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HAND SURGERY

Medical School: Columbia University College Of Physicians And Surgeons
Graduation Year: 2005
The Primary Medical Specialty for Franklin Chou is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 19
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3072791417
NPI #: 1811199318
NPI Created On: 06/05/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/06/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
MD442901
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Medicare

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. 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. Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand
6. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
7. X-ray of elbow, minimum of 3 views
8. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
9. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
13. Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 mg
14. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 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).