Andrew Costin in Plainsboro, New Jersey

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Medical School: Yale University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1986
The Primary Medical Specialty for Andrew Costin is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 38
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5991715575
NPI #: 1053475160
NPI Created On: 12/21/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/18/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
25MA05926000
Listed Gender: Male

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• AmeriHealth HMO, Inc.
• Oscar Garden State Insurance Corporation
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
3. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
4. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
5. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
6. Hemoglobin a1c level
7. Blood potassium level
8. Blood test, thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh)
9. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
10. Blood test, clotting time
11. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
12. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
13. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
14. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
15. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, and interpretation of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
16. Evaluation of parameters of leadless, single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
17. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
18. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
19. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 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).