Walter Kao MD in Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY

Medical School: Js Weill Medical College, Cornell University
Graduation Year: 1984
The Primary Medical Specialty for Walter Kao MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 40
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4981662350
NPI #: 1457328940
NPI Created On: 03/02/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/08/2019
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
47856
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Dean Health Plan
• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• Aspirus Arise Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc.
• Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENGLISH, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
2. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
3. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
4. Heart rhythm symptom-related interpretation of 24-hour ekg monitoring up to 30 days
5. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
11. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion

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).