Oscar Paniagua in Sulphur Springs, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1995
The Primary Medical Specialty for Oscar Paniagua is listed as: Interventional Cardiology
Approximate Years of Experience: 29
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5193814101
NPI #: 1831261809
NPI Created On: 11/14/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 04/13/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
M4420
Listed Gender: Male

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

• CHRISTUS Health Plan
• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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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. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
3. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
4. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
5. Insertion of stent, removal of plaque and/or balloon dilation of coronary vessel during heart attack, accessed through the skin
6. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
7. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
8. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
9. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
10. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
11. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
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. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
16. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
17. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
18. Ultrasound examination and continuous monitoring of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
19. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
20. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart

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).