Questions to ask while selecting your EP and how to interpret their answers September 13, 2018 10:40PM |
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JakeL
For another doctor that I have seen recommended on this site, I will show the numbers for Doctor Luigi Di Biase. Note that we have been spelling the doctor's name incorrectly on our website, there is a space between Di and Biase. Also note that his specialty is Cardiology and not Cardiac Electrophysiology. Below are the The Number Performed for each code is shown below in 2015 for more than 10 Medicare patients. Perhaps I have the wrong doctor; but you can look him up.
CODE: 93656-F: 0
CODE: 93655-F: 0
CODE: 93613-F: 0
CODE: 93657-F: 0
CODE: 93462-F: 0
CODE: 93621-F: 0
Re: Questions to ask while selecting your EP and how to interpret their answers September 19, 2018 07:26PM |
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While level of experience is important, I tend to place more importance on recommendations from former patients and those that know his/her work. Quality rules quantity. Looking at quantity numbers can lead you to ambitious, ego maniacal celebrity doctors...not really a great thing, unless you like being a number.
Re: Questions to ask while selecting your EP and how to interpret their answers September 19, 2018 10:23PM |
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My PCP recommended him, he's got great credentials and reputation, and he gets glowing reviews from his patients on healthgrades.com. Nevertheless, he absolutely, positively does not know how to do an ablation.
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Expertise yes, but simply quantity no. In fact, after establishing high level of expertise, I would prefer an EP that is not overloaded with daily procedures.
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Expertise yes, but simply quantity no. In fact, after establishing high level of expertise, I would prefer an EP that is not overloaded with daily procedures.
In the EP world, quantity and quality go hand in hand. You literally can't have quality without quantity. Aside from the technical proficiency that comes with doing a lot of procedures, there's also the simple fact that most EPs don't draw enough patients to be overloaded. The typical EP does maybe 3-4 ablations per week, whereas someone like Natale often does that many in a single day. Is that overloaded? Apparently not for him. So I'm not sure what constitutes overloaded in your mind, but I've never encountered an EP I think that description applies to.