Richard Kuk MD in Lynchburg, Virginia

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY), INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2003
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Kuk MD is listed as: Cardiac Electrophysiology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 21
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4284632498
NPI #: 1588681316
NPI Created On: 07/16/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/01/2014
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208M00000X
License Number:
MD.200760
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Piedmont Community HealthCare HMO, Inc.
• Optima Health Plan
• 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 new or replacement of permanent pacemaker including upper and lower chamber electrodes
3. Insertion of left heart electrode for pacing defibrillator device
4. Insertion or replacement of single or dual chamber pacing defibrillator leads
5. Insertion of heart rhythm monitor under skin
6. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
7. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
8. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
9. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
10. 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
11. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
12. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent multiple lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
13. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
14. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
15. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
16. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of heart rhythm monitor system system implanted under skin with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
17. Evaluation of parameters of implantable heart and blood vessel monitor system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
18. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
19. Remote evaluations of defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report
20. Remote evaluations of implantable heart and blood vessel monitor system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 30 days

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).