Valentine Chikwendu MD in Minot, North Dakota

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1981
The Primary Medical Specialty for Valentine Chikwendu MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 43
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3870498884
NPI #: 1356439798
NPI Created On: 10/11/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 12/20/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
9963
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Sanford Health Plan
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
2. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
3. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
4. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
5. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
6. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
7. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
8. Heart rhythm symptom-related interpretation of 24-hour ekg monitoring up to 30 days
9. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician 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 defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report
12. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
13. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
14. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
15. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
16. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
17. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
18. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
19. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
20. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 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).