Thomas Johnston in Nashville, Tennessee

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1988
The Primary Medical Specialty for Thomas Johnston is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 36
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3476653114
NPI #: 1023103462
NPI Created On: 10/03/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/27/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RA0001X
License Number:
20872
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Oscar Insurance Company of Texas
• Bright Health Insurance Company of Tennessee
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. External ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
2. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
3. Multiple nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress, with concurrently acquired ct transmission scan
4. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
5. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
6. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
7. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
8. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
9. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
10. Remote monitoring of wireless pressure sensor in lung artery with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
11. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
12. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
13. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
14. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
15. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
16. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
17. Heart muscle strain imaging
18. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 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).