Venkat Sekar in Peoria, Illinois

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1975
The Primary Medical Specialty for Venkat Sekar is listed as: Gastroenterology
Approximate Years of Experience: 49
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5799843975
NPI #: 1114974441
NPI Created On: 05/30/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/12/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
License Number:
036073793
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, Tamil.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Diagnostic examination of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
3. Biopsy of the esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
4. Control of bleeding of esophagus, stomach, and/or upper small bowel using an endoscope
5. Dilation of esophagus
6. Diagnostic examination of large bowel using an endoscope
7. Biopsy of large bowel using an endoscope
8. Removal of polyps or growths of large bowel using an endoscope
9. X-ray of chest, 2 views
10. Vaccine for influenza for administration into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
17. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day

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.