William Wharton III MD in Franklin, North Carolina

Medical School: University Of Virginia School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1988
The Primary Medical Specialty for William Wharton III MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 36
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8123032737
NPI #: 1326044454
NPI Created On: 06/23/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/04/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
34767
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: ENG, English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
2. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
3. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
4. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
5. Heart rhythm tracing of 48-hour ekg
6. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
7. Heart rhythm symptom-related tracing of 24-hour ekg monitoring up to 30 days
8. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
9. Evaluation of parameters of leadless, single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
10. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
11. 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
12. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
13. Chest ultrasound examination of heart
14. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
15. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
16. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
17. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
18. Ultrasound examination of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
19. Ultrasound examination and continuous monitoring of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
20. Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck

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).