Brian Metz MD in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Medical School: State University Of New York Downstate Medical Center
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for Brian Metz MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0446279368
NPI #: 1770588303
NPI Created On: 06/20/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 08/22/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
35984
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• 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. Multiple nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress, with concurrently acquired ct transmission scan
4. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
5. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
6. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
7. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
8. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
9. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
10. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
11. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
12. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
13. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
14. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
15. Ultrasound examination and continuous monitoring of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
16. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day

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).