Thomas Backer in Alpharetta, Georgia

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Saint Louis University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1980
The Primary Medical Specialty for Thomas Backer is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 44
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3870633977
NPI #: 1083617872
NPI Created On: 05/24/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/23/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 174400000X
License Number:
030711
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Ambetter
• 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 needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
3. Blood test, clotting time
4. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
7. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
8. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, and interpretation of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
9. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, physician prescribed transmission of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
10. Evaluation of parameters of leadless, single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system 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. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
13. Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck
14. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 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).