Luis Vela DO in Asheville, North Carolina

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Luis Vela DO is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Credentials: DO
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4082503834
NPI #: 1891773685
NPI Created On: 01/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/06/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
D020838
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• PacificSource Health Plans
• Providence Health Plan
• 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. Incision of tendon covering
4. Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand
5. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Injection, methylprednisolone acetate, 40 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).