Richard Backes in Appleton, Minnesota

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Mayo Medical School
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Backes is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0648322750
NPI #: 1871595686
NPI Created On: 08/11/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/13/2011
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
30055
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• 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. 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, physician interpretation and report
4. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
5. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
11. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 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).