Sandy Charles in Charlotte, North Carolina

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Columbia University College Of Physicians And Surgeons
Graduation Year: 2009
The Primary Medical Specialty for Sandy Charles is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 15
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3375853153
NPI #: 1578706685
NPI Created On: 04/20/2009
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 10/25/2020
Primary Taxonomy Code: 390200000X
Listed Gender: Female

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• 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. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
3. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including 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 and physician supervision
6. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
7. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
8. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
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. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
13. Follow-up or limited heart doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
14. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
15. Ultrasound examination and continuous monitoring of the heart performed during rest, exercise, and/or drug-induced stress with interpretation and report
16. Heart muscle strain imaging
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
18. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
19. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
20. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes

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).