Murrad Abdelkarim in Torrance, California

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: University Of California, Geffen School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 2005
The Primary Medical Specialty for Murrad Abdelkarim is listed as: Interventional Cardiology
Approximate Years of Experience: 19
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4486721768
NPI #: 1073706495
NPI Created On: 08/20/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/30/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
A97044
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, Arabic.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
3. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
4. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
5. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
6. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
7. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
8. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
9. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
10. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
11. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
18. Critical care delivery critically ill or injured patient, first 30-74 minutes
19. 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).