Richard Vangrouw in Batesville, Arkansas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1979
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Vangrouw is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 45
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4082680368
NPI #: 1306827571
NPI Created On: 11/07/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/16/2017
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
C-5608
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Ambetter
• QualChoice Life & Health Insurance Company, Inc.
• USAble Mutual Insurance Company
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, ENGL.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of new or replacement of permanent pacemaker including upper and lower chamber electrodes
2. Balloon dilation of narrowed or blocked major coronary artery or branch (accessed through the skin)
3. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
4. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
5. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
6. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
7. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, and interpretation of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
8. Evaluation of parameters of leadless, single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
9. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
10. Remote evaluations of defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report
11. Remote evaluations of heart rhythm monitor system implanted under skin with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 30 days
12. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
13. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
14. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
15. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
16. Insertion of catheter in right and left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
17. Evaluation of heart function using tilt table
18. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 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).