Sammy Cox MD in Amarillo, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 0
The Primary Medical Specialty for Sammy Cox MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8426954488
NPI #: 1659312775
NPI Created On: 06/09/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/02/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
L2199
Listed Gender: Male

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

• FirstCare Health Plans
• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. External ekg recording for more than 48 hours up to 21 days with analysis, report, review and interpretation
2. Insertion of new or replacement of permanent pacemaker including upper and lower chamber electrodes
3. Removal and replacement of dual lead permanent pacemaker pulse generator
4. Injection for x-ray imaging procedure on veins of arm or leg
5. Radiological supervision and interpretation of imaging of vein of one arm or leg
6. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
7. Multiple nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress
8. Blood test, clotting time
9. Balloon dilation of narrowed or blocked major coronary artery or branch (accessed through the skin)
10. Catheter insertion of stents in major coronary artery or branch, accessed through the skin
11. External shock to heart to regulate heart beat
12. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
13. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
14. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
15. 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
16. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent dual lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
17. Evaluation, testing, and programming adjustment of permanent multiple lead pacemaker system with physician analysis, review, and report
18. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
19. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator with analysis, review and report
20. Evaluation, testing and programming adjustment of defibrillator 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).