Shail Patel DPM in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

Medical School: Barry University School Of Podiatric Medicine
Graduation Year: 2002
The Primary Medical Specialty for Shail Patel DPM is listed as: Podiatry
Credentials: DPM
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 22
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4183651417
NPI #: 1912979097
NPI Created On: 02/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/06/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 213E00000X
License Number:
25MD00282600
Listed Gender: Male

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Oscar Garden State Insurance Corporation
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Italian,Polish,Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Drainage of multiple abscess
2. Removal of skin and tissue first 20 sq cm or less
3. Tangential biopsy of single skin lesion
4. Removal of nail
5. Biopsy of finger or toe nail
6. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
7. Aspiration and/or injection of intermediate joint or joint capsule with recording and reporting using ultrasound guidance
8. Application of short leg cast (below knee to toes), walking or ambulatory type
9. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into nerve of foot
10. Destruction of nerve of foot
11. X-ray of ankle, minimum of 3 views
12. X-ray of foot, minimum of 3 views
13. Ultrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretation for insertion of needle
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
17. Injection, dexamethasone sodium phosphate, 1 mg
18. Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 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).