Ravi Desai in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1997
The Primary Medical Specialty for Ravi Desai is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 27
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8729169628
NPI #: 1538342845
NPI Created On: 12/10/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/24/2015
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0200X
License Number:
MD430618
Listed Gender: Male

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Highmark Inc.
• First Priority Health
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Hindi.

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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. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
4. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
7. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
8. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
9. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
10. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
11. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, and interpretation of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
12. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
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. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
16. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
17. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
18. Ultrasound examination of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
19. Ultrasound examination and continuous monitoring of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
20. Anti-clotting management for patient taking warfarin

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).