Paul Tucker II in Bastrop, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: Baylor College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1987
The Primary Medical Specialty for Paul Tucker II is listed as: Interventional Cardiology
Approximate Years of Experience: 37
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7810982956
NPI #: 1134104847
NPI Created On: 12/14/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/28/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RI0011X
License Number:
H3951
Listed Gender: Male

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

• FirstCare Health Plans
• 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. External ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
2. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
3. Insertion of new or replacement of permanent pacemaker including upper and lower chamber electrodes
4. Insertion of catheters into main and accessory arteries of both kidneys for imaging including radiological supervision and interpretation
5. Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older
6. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
7. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
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 and physician supervision
11. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
12. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
13. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
14. 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
15. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
16. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
17. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
18. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
19. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
20. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers

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).