Karl Foster-smith MD in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for Karl Foster-smith MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 9133117781
NPI #: 1467439307
NPI Created On: 12/30/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/29/2012
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
34805
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Medica Health Plans of Wisconsin
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
3. Blood test, lipids (cholesterol and triglycerides)
4. Liver enzyme (sgpt), level
5. Blood test, clotting time
6. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
7. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
8. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
9. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
10. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
11. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
12. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
13. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
19. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 minutes per day

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).