Christopher Nicholson in Richmond, Virginia

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Indiana University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Nicholson is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1153389879
NPI #: 1093888745
NPI Created On: 11/17/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/27/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207UN0901X
License Number:
0101047032
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Optima Health Plan
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Croatian.

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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) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
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 and physician supervision
8. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
9. Heart rhythm tracing of 48-hour ekg
10. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
11. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, and interpretation of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
12. Heart rhythm symptom-related interpretation of 24-hour ekg monitoring up to 30 days
13. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
14. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
20. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day

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).