Saima Zafar in West Des Moines, Iowa

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Sorry, her university is not listed
Graduation Year: 2013
The Primary Medical Specialty for Saima Zafar is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 11
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 7618035726
NPI #: 1437131273
NPI Created On: 11/17/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/17/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
31964
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Medica Insurance Company
• Celtic Insurance Company
• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
2. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including 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. 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. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
9. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
10. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
11. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
12. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
14. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
17. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
18. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day
20. Physician telephone patient service, 11-20 minutes of medical discussion

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).

They took part in the Million Hearts Initiative, which was deigned to improve cardiac outcomes.