Walter Parham MD in Mount Vernon, Illinois

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

Medical School: University Of Missouri, Columbia School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1997
The Primary Medical Specialty for Walter Parham MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 27
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7012984859
NPI #: 1487646972
NPI Created On: 08/19/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/07/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RI0011X
License Number:
036112518
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
2. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
3. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
4. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
5. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
6. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
7. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
8. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, and interpretation of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
9. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, and interpretation of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
10. Heart rhythm symptom-related interpretation of 24-hour ekg monitoring up to 30 days
11. Evaluation of parameters of leadless, single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
12. Evaluation of defibrillator including connection, recording and disconnection
13. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
14. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day

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).