Scott Tanaka in San Diego, California

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HAND SURGERY

Medical School: Tulane University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2008
The Primary Medical Specialty for Scott Tanaka is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 16
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8527200773
NPI #: 1881843050
NPI Created On: 09/12/2008
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/20/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
002983
Listed Gender: Male

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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 large joint or joint capsule
4. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
5. Application of cast, elbow to finger (short arm)
6. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
7. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
8. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
9. X-ray of fingers, minimum of 2 views
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
14. Injection, betamethasone acetate 3 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 3 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).