Joseph Wade in Nashville, Tennessee

Medical School: University Of Alabama School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Joseph Wade is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1850485723
NPI #: 1982656609
NPI Created On: 05/17/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/13/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
License Number:
25395
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. Injections of trigger points in 1 or 2 muscles
2. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
3. Replacement of thigh bone and hip joint prosthesis
4. Repair of knee joint
5. X-ray of spine of neck, 2 or 3 views
6. X-ray of middle spine, 3 views
7. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
8. Mri scan of lower spinal canal
9. X-ray of pelvis, 1 or 2 views
10. X-ray of hip with pelvis, 2-3 views
11. X-ray of both hips with pelvis, minimum of 5 views
12. X-ray of femur, minimum 2 views
13. X-ray of knee, 3 views
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
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).