Stephen Staelin MD in Nashville, Tennessee

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HAND SURGERY

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1996
The Primary Medical Specialty for Stephen Staelin MD is listed as: General Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 28
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3870484058
NPI #: 1912999863
NPI Created On: 08/17/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/11/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
License Number:
4301082856
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.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injection of carpal tunnel
2. Injections of tendon sheath, ligament, or muscle membrane
3. Aspiration and/or injection of small joint or joint capsule
4. Aspiration and/or injection of medium joint or joint capsule
5. Aspiration and/or injection of cysts
6. Incision of tendon of forearm and/or wrist, open procedure
7. Release of tissues of palm, accessed through the skin
8. Incision of tendon covering
9. Release and/or relocation of ulnar nerve at elbow
10. Release and/or relocation of median nerve of hand
11. X-ray of elbow, minimum of 3 views
12. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
13. X-ray of wrist, minimum of 3 views
14. X-ray of hand, minimum of 3 views
15. X-ray of fingers, minimum of 2 views
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. 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).