Yu-cheng Chen MD in Lafayette, Louisiana

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1983
The Primary Medical Specialty for Yu-cheng Chen MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 1456304260
NPI #: 1114920998
NPI Created On: 05/24/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/25/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
09770R
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Vantage Health Plan, Inc.
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENGLISH, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. External ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
2. Analysis and report of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
3. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
4. Chemical destruction of incompetent vein of arm or leg, accessed through the skin using imaging guidance
5. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
6. Multiple nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress
7. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
8. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
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, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
11. 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
12. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
13. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
14. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
15. Remote evaluations of defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report
16. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system or implantable defibrillator system with technician review, support and distribution of results, up to 90 days
17. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
18. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
19. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
20. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart

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).