Richard Johnston III in Johns Creek, Georgia

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Johnston III is listed as: Sports Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9830092774
NPI #: 1871593160
NPI Created On: 07/28/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/03/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
033606
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: 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 major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
3. Extensive removal of shoulder joint tissue using an endoscope
4. Partial removal of collar bone at shoulder using an endoscope
5. Shaving of shoulder bone using an endoscope
6. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
7. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
8. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
9. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
10. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
11. X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views
12. X-ray of knee, 3 views
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 mg
17. Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg
18. Hyaluronan or derivative, orthovisc, for intra-articular injection, per dose

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).