Vidyashankar Ponnathpur in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1992
The Primary Medical Specialty for Vidyashankar Ponnathpur is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 32
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2264522358
NPI #: 1588608103
NPI Created On: 06/15/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/08/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
MD067991L
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• First Priority Health
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Hindi, Kannada.

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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. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
5. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
6. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
7. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
8. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
9. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent single lead pacemaker system in one chamber of heart with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
10. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
11. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
12. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
13. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
14. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of heart rhythm monitor system system implanted under skin with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
15. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
16. Remote evaluations of defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report
17. 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
18. Remote evaluations of implantable heart and blood vessel monitor system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 30 days
19. Remote evaluations of heart rhythm monitor system implanted under skin with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 30 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).