Procedure information shows how often this clinician performed the medical procedure(s) in the last 12 months for patients with Medicare. These are based on the number of times a clinician billed the medical procedure(s) to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage.

Note: This information may not reflect all procedure types, or the total number of procedures performed by this clinician. These aren't the only indicators of quality of care.

Percentiles compare a clinician to their peers who perform the same procedure based on the number of procedures performed in the last 12 months for patients with Medicare. Higher percentiles mean this clinician performed more procedures compared to other clinicians who also performed this procedure.

Medicare procedures performed in the last 12 months

This page includes procedures that this clinician performed for patients with Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage in the last 12 months. This clinician may also perform more types of procedures within Medicare and may perform procedures for patients with other types of health insurance, like commercial insurance plans not shown here.

Pacemaker insertion or repair

Annual number of procedures: 14

This clinician's : 66^th

A surgical procedure that places a small device in the chest to regulate the rhythm of the heart. A pacemaker may be inserted to stimulate a faster heart rate when the heart is beating too slowly, when the heart has alternating fast and slow heart beats, or when a blockage occurs. Clinicians perform this procedure to improve the heart rate and prevent patients from fainting or feeling dizzy, fatigue, or chest pain.

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