Jimmy Kontos MD in Little River, South Carolina

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2001
The Primary Medical Specialty for Jimmy Kontos MD is listed as: Interventional Cardiology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 23
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0547296469
NPI #: 1366461568
NPI Created On: 07/19/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/08/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RI0011X
License Number:
31084
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. Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin
2. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
3. Insertion of stent, removal of plaque and/or balloon dilation of coronary vessel, accessed through the skin
4. Insertion of stent, removal of plaque and/or balloon dilation of coronary vessel during heart attack, accessed through the skin
5. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
6. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
7. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
8. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation 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. Insertion of catheter for imaging of heart blood vessels or grafts
12. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
13. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
14. Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel during diagnosis or treatment
15. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 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).