Benjamin Blair in Pocatello, Idaho

Medical School: Albany Medical College Of Union University
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Benjamin Blair is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9931120052
NPI #: 1851478192
NPI Created On: 11/01/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/07/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
M-7032
Listed Gender: Male

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

• University of Utah Health Insurance Plans
• Montana Health Cooperative
• PacificSource Health Plans
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injection of substance into spinal canal of upper or middle back using imaging guidance
2. Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
3. Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
4. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
5. X-ray of spine, 1 view
6. X-ray of spine of neck, 2 or 3 views
7. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
8. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
12. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
13. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
14. Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 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).