Ahmad Shikhtholth MD in Decatur, Alabama

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1996
The Primary Medical Specialty for Ahmad Shikhtholth MD is listed as: Anesthesiology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 28
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3678573615
NPI #: 1902987431
NPI Created On: 10/18/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/14/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207LP2900X
License Number:
27458
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish, Arabic.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of major joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
2. Injection of substance into spinal canal of lower back or sacrum using imaging guidance
3. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
4. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
5. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
6. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
7. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance
8. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance
9. Testing for presence of drug
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 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, 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.