Benjamin Plaisance in Birmingham, Alabama

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

Medical School: University Of Alabama School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2007
The Primary Medical Specialty for Benjamin Plaisance is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 17
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6103067152
NPI #: 1992905897
NPI Created On: 07/19/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/04/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
32395
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Bright Health 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. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
2. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
3. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
4. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
5. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) with tracing using at least 12 leads
6. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
7. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
8. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
9. Remote evaluations of defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report
10. 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
11. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
12. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
13. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
14. Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck
15. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 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).