Christopher Dressel JR. in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1973
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Dressel JR. is listed as: Interventional Cardiology
Approximate Years of Experience: 51
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6305878505
NPI #: 1598760928
NPI Created On: 06/14/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/27/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RI0011X
License Number:
MD020524E
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• First Priority Health
• Geisinger Health Plan
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Geisinger Quality Options
• 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 ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
3. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
4. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
5. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
6. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
7. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
8. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
9. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
10. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
11. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
13. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
20. Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose

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).