Joseph Powers MD in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Medical School: State University Of Ny Upstate Medical University
Graduation Year: 1989
The Primary Medical Specialty for Joseph Powers MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 35
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3173501707
NPI #: 1740289073
NPI Created On: 07/19/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/17/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
026764
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Alliant Health Plans
• 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. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
2. Blood test, clotting time
3. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
4. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
5. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
6. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
7. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
8. Heart rhythm symptom-related interpretation of 24-hour ekg monitoring up to 30 days
9. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
10. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
11. Evaluation of parameters of implantable heart and blood vessel monitor system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
12. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
13. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
14. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
15. Heart muscle strain imaging
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes

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).