Michael Nelson in Germantown, Tennessee

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Of Yeshiva University
Graduation Year: 2000
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Nelson is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 24
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6204908544
NPI #: 1043477136
NPI Created On: 05/17/2008
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/06/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
43656
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. Insertion of catheter into abdominal pelvic or leg artery
2. Insertion of catheters into main and accessory arteries of both kidneys for imaging including radiological supervision and interpretation
3. Injection of chemical agent into multiple incompetent veins of one leg
4. Laser destruction of incompetent vein of arm or leg using imaging guidance, accessed through the skin
5. Chemical destruction of incompetent vein of arm or leg, accessed through the skin using imaging guidance
6. Radiological supervision and interpretation of imaging of arteries of both arms or legs
7. Ultrasonic guidance imaging supervision and interpretation for insertion of needle
8. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
9. Blood test, clotting time
10. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
11. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
12. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
13. Evaluation of parameters of leadless, single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
14. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
15. Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck
16. Ultrasound study of arteries of both arms and legs
17. Ultrasound study of arteries and arterial grafts of both legs
18. Ultrasound scan of veins of both arms or legs including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers
19. Ultrasound scan of veins of one arm or leg or limited including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers
20. Ultrasound scan of vena cava or groin graft or vessel blood flow

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).

They took part in the Million Hearts Initiative, which was deigned to improve cardiac outcomes.