Venkata Kovvali in Lufkin, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1976
The Primary Medical Specialty for Venkata Kovvali is listed as: Interventional Cardiology
Approximate Years of Experience: 48
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2860590023
NPI #: 1629054317
NPI Created On: 12/15/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/11/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
J6148
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Molina Marketplace
• Celtic Insurance Company
• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish, Telugu, Indian.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
3. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
4. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
5. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
6. Magnesium level
7. Natriuretic peptide (heart and blood vessel protein) level
8. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
9. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
10. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
11. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
12. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
13. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
14. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
15. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, and interpretation of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
16. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, physician prescribed transmission of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
17. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician 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 single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system or implantable defibrillator system with technician review, support and distribution of results, 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).

They took part in the Million Hearts Initiative, which was deigned to improve cardiac outcomes.