Michael Katcher MD in Salem, Massachusetts

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: Boston University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Katcher MD is listed as: Cardiac Electrophysiology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5395775779
NPI #: 1417939455
NPI Created On: 11/16/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/22/2008
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
76273
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
• 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. Removal and replacement of dual lead permanent pacemaker pulse generator
3. Insertion of heart rhythm monitor under skin
4. Blood test, clotting time
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
7. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
8. Interpretation and report of electrical activity of heart using 1-3 leads
9. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
10. Heart rhythm symptom-related interpretation of 24-hour ekg monitoring up to 30 days
11. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent single lead pacemaker system in one chamber of heart with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
12. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
13. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
14. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
15. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
16. Evaluation of parameters of implantable heart and blood vessel monitor system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
17. Telephonic evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker heart rhythm strips up to 90 days
18. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
19. Remote evaluations of defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report
20. Remote evaluations of implantable heart and blood vessel monitor system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 30 days

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).