Akhtar Purvez MD in Charlottesville, Virginia

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
PAIN MANAGEMENT

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1981
The Primary Medical Specialty for Akhtar Purvez MD is listed as: Interventional Pain Management
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 43
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1951323260
NPI #: 1922000132
NPI Created On: 06/01/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/16/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208VP0014X
License Number:
0101232914
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Piedmont Community HealthCare HMO, Inc.
• Optima Health Plan
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Urdu, Hindi, Urdu, Hindi.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injections of trigger points in 3 or more muscles
2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Injection procedure into sacroiliac joint for anesthetic or steroid
4. Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into greater occipital nerve of upper neck and back of head
5. Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into suprascapular nerve of shoulder
6. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
7. Injections of anesthetic and/or steroid drug into lower or sacral spine nerve root using imaging guidance
8. Injections of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance
9. Injections of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance
10. Injections of upper or middle spine facet joint using imaging guidance
11. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
12. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
13. Injections of lower or sacral spine facet joint using imaging guidance
14. Destruction of upper or middle spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance
15. Destruction of upper or middle spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance
16. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves using imaging guidance
17. Destruction of lower or sacral spinal facet joint nerves with imaging guidance
18. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes

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).