Mateen Akhtar MD in Apex, North Carolina

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of California, San Diego School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2003
The Primary Medical Specialty for Mateen Akhtar MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 21
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8527003623
NPI #: 1053389668
NPI Created On: 03/09/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/06/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
200802016
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENG, 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. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
4. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
5. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
6. Blood test, clotting time
7. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
8. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
9. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) with tracing using at least 12 leads
10. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
11. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
12. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
13. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
14. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
15. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg tracing and monitoring
16. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
17. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
18. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
19. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
20. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart

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).