Robert Hood MD in Baltimore, Maryland

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Georgetown University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1983
The Primary Medical Specialty for Robert Hood MD is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 41
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8921911017
NPI #: 1962449975
NPI Created On: 05/31/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 03/14/2008
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RC0000X
License Number:
D32174
Listed Gender: Male

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

• CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc.
• Humana
• Group Hospitalization and Medical Services Inc.
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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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, physician interpretation and report
4. Heart rhythm tracing of 48-hour ekg
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. Follow-up or limited ultrasound examination of heart
9. Insertion of probe in esophagus for heart ultrasound examination including interpretation and report
10. Doppler ultrasound study of heart blood flow, valves, and chambers
11. Doppler ultrasound study of color-directed heart blood flow, rate, and valve function
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 40 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
16. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
18. 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).