Chad Alford in Mobile, Alabama

Medical School: University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1993
The Primary Medical Specialty for Chad Alford is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 31
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7416953294
NPI #: 1114905429
NPI Created On: 01/06/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/06/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 174400000X
License Number:
22563
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. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
2. Blood test, clotting time
3. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
4. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
5. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with 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. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
9. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
10. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
11. Ultrasound examination and continuous monitoring of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
12. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
13. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day

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).