John Kao MD in Aiea, Hawaii

Medical School: New York Medical College
Graduation Year: 1996
The Primary Medical Specialty for John Kao MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 28
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3779546585
NPI #: 1336187517
NPI Created On: 06/02/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/01/2018
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
15397
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Hawaii Medical Service Association
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
2. Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft
3. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
4. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
5. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
6. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
7. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
8. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
9. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
10. Insertion of catheter in right and left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
11. Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel during diagnosis or treatment
12. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
17. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion
18. Brief communication technology-based service, e.g. virtual check-in, by a physician or other qualified health care professional who can report evaluation and management services, provided to an established patient, not originating from a related e/m servic

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).