James Amato JR. MD in Glen Ridge, New Jersey

Medical School: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Graduation Year: 1987
The Primary Medical Specialty for James Amato JR. MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 37
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 6800846015
NPI #: 1720033426
NPI Created On: 05/23/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/12/2010
Primary Taxonomy Code: 174400000X
License Number:
MA061894
Listed Gender: Male

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

• AmeriHealth New Jersey
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Oscar Garden State Insurance Corporation
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: Italian, Italian,Spanish, English, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
2. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
3. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring and physician supervision
4. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician interpretation and report
5. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
6. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
7. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
8. Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck
9. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 20 minutes
10. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
11. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
12. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
13. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
14. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 35 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).