Lance Simkins in Tamarac, Florida

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of South Florida College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for Lance Simkins is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6800960840
NPI #: 1114911948
NPI Created On: 09/08/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/18/2008
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RI0011X
License Number:
ME0049215
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Molina Healthcare of Florida, Inc
• Humana
• Celtic Insurance Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
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, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
5. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
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. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
11. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
12. Technetium tc-99m tetrofosmin, diagnostic, per study dose
13. Injection, regadenoson, 0.1 mg

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).