Christopher Brian in Pell City, Alabama

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
INTERNAL MEDICINE

Medical School: Wake Forest University School Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1993
The Primary Medical Specialty for Christopher Brian is listed as: Cardiovascular Disease (cardiology)
Approximate Years of Experience: 31
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 2961418801
NPI #: 1982789335
NPI Created On: 10/26/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/12/2016
Primary Taxonomy Code: 174400000X
License Number:
00018201
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Humana
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Injection of chemical agent into multiple incompetent veins of one leg
2. Multiple nuclear medicine studies of blood flow in heart muscle at rest and with stress, with concurrently acquired ct transmission scan
3. Nuclear medicine study of vessels of heart using drugs or exercise multiple studies
4. Blood test, clotting time
5. Routine ekg using at least 12 leads including interpretation and report
6. Exercise or drug-induced heart and blood vessel stress test with ekg monitoring, physician supervision, interpretation, and report
7. Heart rhythm tracing of 48-hour ekg
8. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
9. Heart rhythm tracing, computer analysis, and interpretation of patient-triggered events greater than 24-hour ekg up to 30 days
10. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
11. Ultrasound examination of heart including color-depicted blood flow rate, direction, and valve function
12. Insertion of catheter in left heart for imaging of blood vessels or grafts and left lower heart
13. Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck
14. Ultrasound scanning of blood flow (outside the brain) on both sides of head and neck
15. Ultrasound study of arteries of both legs at rest and exercise
16. Ultrasound scan of veins of both arms or legs including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers
17. Ultrasound scan of veins of both arms or legs including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers
18. Ultrasound scan of veins of one arm or leg or limited including assessment of compression and functional maneuvers
19. Moderate sedation services by physician also performing a procedure, patient 5 years of age or older, first 15 minutes
20. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 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).