Ronald Nelson MD in South Bend, Indiana

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: Rush Medical College Of Rush University
Graduation Year: 1974
The Primary Medical Specialty for Ronald Nelson MD is listed as: Interventional Cardiology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 50
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8426037698
NPI #: 1629076328
NPI Created On: 07/07/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/28/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
01031367A
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Celtic Insurance Company
• Humana
• CareSource
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
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. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, and interpretation of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
5. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
11. Physician review, interpretation, and patient management of home inr testing for patient with either mechanical heart valve(s), chronic atrial fibrillation, or venous thromboembolism who meets medicare coverage criteria; testing not occurring more frequent
12. Injection, perflutren lipid microspheres, per ml

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).