Vanessa Lucarella MD in Clearwater, Florida

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College Of Thomas Jefferson University
Graduation Year: 1983
The Primary Medical Specialty for Vanessa Lucarella MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9739144650
NPI #: 1427048081
NPI Created On: 10/25/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/05/2016
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
ME59261
Listed Gender: Female

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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, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. External ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
2. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
3. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
4. Multiple nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress
5. Blood test, clotting time
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, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
8. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
9. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
10. 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
11. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
12. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
13. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
14. Ultrasound examination and continuous monitoring of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
15. Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 5 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 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).