R Parker Ward in Chicago, Illinois

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Perelman School Of Med At The University Of Pennsylvania
Graduation Year: 1994
The Primary Medical Specialty for R Parker Ward is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 30
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5294916862
NPI #: 1578626099
NPI Created On: 12/18/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/08/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
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. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
2. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
3. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
4. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
5. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
6. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
7. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
8. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
9. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
10. Test for exercise-induced lung stress
11. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
18. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion
19. Injection, octafluoropropane microspheres, per ml

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).