Christopher Paa in Rock Rapids, Iowa

Medical School: Creighton University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1995
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Paa is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 29
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5294894556
NPI #: 1265486138
NPI Created On: 05/22/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/25/2008
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
4868
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Sanford Health Plan
• Avera Health Plans, Inc.
• Medica Insurance Company
• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
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 electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with 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 and physician supervision
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. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
10. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
11. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
12. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
13. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
14. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination during procedure on heart or great blood vessel via catheter
15. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
16. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
18. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
19. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes

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).