Mark Karavan in Little River, South Carolina

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Medical University Of South Carolina College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1985
The Primary Medical Specialty for Mark Karavan is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 39
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8426049081
NPI #: 1528054244
NPI Created On: 09/27/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/10/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RI0011X
License Number:
13182
Listed Gender: Male

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

• 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. Blood test, clotting time
2. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
3. Insertion of stent, removal of plaque and/or balloon dilation of coronary vessel, accessed through the skin
4. Insertion of stent, removal of plaque and/or balloon dilation of coronary vessel during heart attack, accessed through the skin
5. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
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. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
9. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
10. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
11. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
12. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
13. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
15. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
17. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
18. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
19. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
20. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 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).