James Blankenship MD in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HOSPITALIST, INTERNAL MEDICINE, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1980
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Blankenship MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 44
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3577667187
NPI #: 1386619575
NPI Created On: 02/21/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/28/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
MD043231E
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Capital Advantage Assurance Company
• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• First Priority Health
• Geisinger Health Plan
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
2. Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel or graft
3. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
4. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
5. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
6. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
7. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
8. Insertion of catheter in right and left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
9. Ultrasound evaluation of heart blood vessel during diagnosis or treatment
10. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
15. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
17. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less

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).