Richard Edwards MD in Newport News, Virginia

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Graduation Year: 1984
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Edwards MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 40
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7416994314
NPI #: 1447246160
NPI Created On: 09/27/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/25/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
0101038910
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
2. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
3. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
4. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
5. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
6. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
7. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
8. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
9. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
10. 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
11. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
12. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
13. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
14. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
15. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
16. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
17. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
18. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
19. Ultrasound examination of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
20. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart

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).