Waheed Akhtar MD in Clayton, North Carolina

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1982
The Primary Medical Specialty for Waheed Akhtar MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 42
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0749185684
NPI #: 1477530863
NPI Created On: 12/27/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/25/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
9500007
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENG, SPA, English, Arabic.

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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. Insertion of new or replacement of permanent pacemaker including upper and lower chamber electrodes
4. Insertion or replacement of single or dual chamber pacing defibrillator leads
5. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
6. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
7. Blood test, clotting time
8. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
9. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
10. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
11. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
12. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
13. Heart rhythm tracing of 48-hour ekg
14. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
15. Evaluation of parameters of leadless, single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
16. Evaluation of defibrillator including connection, recording and disconnection
17. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
18. Remote evaluations of defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report
19. 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
20. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function

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).