Russell Ching in San Francisco, California

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: R Franklin University Of Med & Sci/chicago Medical School
Graduation Year: 1979
The Primary Medical Specialty for Russell Ching is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 45
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2163420803
NPI #: 1477504330
NPI Created On: 05/15/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/05/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
G43021
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, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
2. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
3. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
4. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
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 25 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
11. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
12. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
13. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
14. 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).