Joseph Sarmiento MD in Ottawa, Illinois

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School
Graduation Year: 1977
The Primary Medical Specialty for Joseph Sarmiento MD is listed as: Cardiac Electrophysiology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 47
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6002728441
NPI #: 1588691877
NPI Created On: 06/26/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/02/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
036070719
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• 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. 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. Insertion of new or replacement of permanent pacemaker including upper and lower chamber electrodes
4. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
5. Blood test, clotting time
6. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
7. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
8. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
9. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
10. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
11. Heart rhythm symptom-related interpretation of 24-hour ekg monitoring up to 30 days
12. 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
13. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
14. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent multiple lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
15. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
16. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
17. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
18. Evaluation of parameters of leadless, single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
19. Evaluation of heart rhythm monitor system implanted under skin with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
20. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 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).