James Sandberg in Allentown, Pennsylvania

Medical School: University Of Massachusetts Medical School
Graduation Year: 1978
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Sandberg is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 46
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2365522323
NPI #: 1245345339
NPI Created On: 08/20/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/03/2018
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RI0011X
License Number:
MD030986E
Listed Gender: Male

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• First Priority Health
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
2. Insertion of new or replacement of permanent pacemaker including upper and lower chamber electrodes
3. Insertion of left heart electrode for pacing defibrillator device
4. Removal and replacement of dual lead permanent pacemaker pulse generator
5. Insertion or replacement of single or dual chamber pacing defibrillator leads
6. Insertion of heart rhythm monitor under skin
7. Removal of heart rhythm monitor from under skin
8. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
9. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
10. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
11. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
12. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
13. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
14. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
15. Ultrasound examination and continuous monitoring of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 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).