Joseph Kummer MD in Crete, Nebraska

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2000
The Primary Medical Specialty for Joseph Kummer MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 24
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7517960487
NPI #: 1003863036
NPI Created On: 05/27/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/10/2011
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
23667
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Insurance Company
• Humana
• 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. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
2. Ct scan of heart blood vessels and grafts with contrast dye
3. Multiple nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress, with concurrently acquired ct transmission scan
4. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
5. Multiple nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress
6. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
7. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including 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. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
14. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
15. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
16. Follow-up or limited heart 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. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination during procedure on heart or great blood vessel via catheter
19. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
20. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 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).