James Baker II MD in Paducah, Kentucky

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)

Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Graduation Year: 1987
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Baker II MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 37
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5597666529
NPI #: 1497793731
NPI Created On: 06/02/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 09/27/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
25601
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Oscar Insurance Company of Texas
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Review and interpretation of external ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days
2. Insertion of new or replacement of permanent pacemaker including upper and lower chamber electrodes
3. Insertion of left heart electrode for pacing defibrillator device
4. Removal and replacement of dual lead permanent pacemaker pulse generator
5. Insertion or replacement of single or dual chamber pacing defibrillator leads
6. Insertion of heart rhythm monitor under skin
7. Blood test, clotting time
8. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
9. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
10. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
11. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent single lead pacemaker system in one chamber of heart with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
12. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
13. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent multiple lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
14. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
15. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
16. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
17. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of heart rhythm monitor system system implanted under skin with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report
18. Telephonic evaluation of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker heart rhythm strips up to 90 days
19. Remote evaluations of single, dual, or multiple lead pacemaker system with qualified health care professional analysis, review, and report, up to 90 days
20. Remote evaluations of defibrillator up to 90 days with analysis, review and report

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).