Steven Costa MD in Temple, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston
Graduation Year: 2000
The Primary Medical Specialty for Steven Costa MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 24
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5991704165
NPI #: 1851327035
NPI Created On: 06/23/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/13/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
L4316
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Oscar Insurance Company
• 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. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
2. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
3. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
4. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
5. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
6. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
7. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
8. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
9. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
10. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
11. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
12. Ultrasound examination of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
13. Injection of x-ray contrast material for ultrasound examination of the heart
14. Heart muscle strain imaging
15. Insertion of catheter for imaging of heart blood vessels or grafts
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 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 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).