Frederick Deweese MD in Metropolis, Illinois

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for Frederick Deweese MD is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0941109649
NPI #: 1891784757
NPI Created On: 10/13/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/18/2014
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
36333
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• 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. Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis
3. Repair of knee joint
4. Mri scan of lower spinal canal
5. X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
6. Mri scan of arm joint
7. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
8. X-ray of both hips with pelvis, 3-4 views
9. X-ray of knee, 1 or 2 views
10. X-ray of knee, 3 views
11. X-ray of knee, 4 or more views
12. X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views
13. Mri scan of leg joint
14. Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion of needle
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
19. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
20. Physician certification for medicare-covered home health services under a home health plan of care (patient not present), including contacts with home health agency and review of reports of patient status required by physicians to affirm the initial implem

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).