Ricardo Aguirre MD in Antioch, California

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
THORACIC SURGERY

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1968
The Primary Medical Specialty for Ricardo Aguirre MD is listed as: Vascular Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 56
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4789643230
NPI #: 1699739219
NPI Created On: 04/12/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/25/2013
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208G00000X
License Number:
A299230
Listed Gender: Male

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older
2. Insertion of central venous catheter for infusion, patient 5 years or older
3. Removal of central venous catheter for infusion
4. Relocation of arm vein with connection to arm artery, open procedure
5. Revision of dialysis graft, open procedure
6. Insertion of needle and/or catheter into dialysis circuit and balloon dilation of dialysis segment, with imaging including radiological supervision and interpretation
7. Insertion of needle and/or catheter into dialysis circuit and balloon dilation of dialysis segment, with imaging including radiological supervision and interpretation
8. Excision of blood clot and/or infusion to dissolve blood clot in dialysis circuit and balloon dilation of dialysis segment, , accessed through the skin, with imaging including radiological supervision and interpretation
9. Balloon dilation of dialysis segment, accessed through the skin, with imaging including radiological supervision and interpretation
10. Ultrasound guidance for accessing into blood vessel
11. Ultrasound guidance for accessing into blood vessel
12. Fluoroscopic guidance for insertion, replacement or removal of central venous access device
13. Blood test, basic group of blood chemicals
14. Ultrasound scan of veins of one arm or leg or limited including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers
15. Ultrasound of dialysis access
16. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
17. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
18. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 10 minutes
19. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 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).