Vance Plumb in Birmingham, Alabama

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Duke University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1973
The Primary Medical Specialty for Vance Plumb is listed as: Cardiac Electrophysiology
Approximate Years of Experience: 51
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6002947231
NPI #: 1376578195
NPI Created On: 07/11/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/29/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0001X
License Number:
6936
Listed Gender: Male

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

• 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. Insertion of new or replacement of permanent pacemaker including upper and lower chamber electrodes
2. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
3. Evaluation of parameters of leadless, single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
4. Evaluation of defibrillator including connection, recording and disconnection
5. Telephonic evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker heart rhythm strips up to 90 days
6. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
7. Remote evaluations of defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report
8. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system or implantable defibrillator system with technician review, support and distribution of results, up to 90 days
9. Remote evaluations of heart rhythm monitor system implanted under skin with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 30 days
10. Evaluation and insertion of catheters for creation of complete heart block
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 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 50 minutes per day
17. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 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).