William Getchell in Kirkland, Washington

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: University Of California, San Diego School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1991
The Primary Medical Specialty for William Getchell is listed as: Interventional Cardiology
Approximate Years of Experience: 33
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7618915281
NPI #: 1013928977
NPI Created On: 08/10/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/08/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
38754
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• 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. Insertion or replacement of permanent pacemaker and lower chamber electrodes
3. Insertion of new or replacement of permanent pacemaker including upper and lower chamber electrodes
4. Removal and replacement of dual lead permanent pacemaker pulse generator
5. Insertion of heart rhythm monitor under skin
6. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
7. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
8. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
9. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
10. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
11. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
12. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
13. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent single lead pacemaker system in one chamber of heart with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
14. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
15. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent multiple lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
16. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
17. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
18. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
19. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
20. Ultrasound examination of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report

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).