Ismail Bekdash in Fargo, North Dakota

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2003
The Primary Medical Specialty for Ismail Bekdash is listed as: Interventional Cardiology
Approximate Years of Experience: 21
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8820246507
NPI #: 1386814044
NPI Created On: 03/08/2008
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/29/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 390200000X
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Sanford Health Plan
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ARA, Arabic, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Repair of left upper heart
2. Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin
3. Replacement of aortic valve with prosthetic valve accessed through the skin
4. 3d radiographic procedure
5. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
6. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with 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 probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
10. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
11. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
12. Ultrasound examination and continuous monitoring of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
13. Insertion of catheter for imaging of heart blood vessels or grafts
14. Insertion of catheter for imaging of heart blood vessels or grafts
15. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
16. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
17. Insertion of catheter in right and left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
18. Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel during diagnosis or treatment
19. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
20. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes

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).