Richard Mercier in Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Hahnemann University College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1980
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Mercier is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 44
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5294709275
NPI #: 1801860135
NPI Created On: 02/14/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/13/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
MD025983E
Listed Gender: Male

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• 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. Multiple nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress
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, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
6. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
7. Remote evaluations of defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report
8. 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
9. Remote evaluations of implantable heart and blood vessel monitor system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 30 days
10. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
11. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
18. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes
19. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion
20. Physician telephone patient service, 21-30 minutes of medical discussion

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).