Richard Thomas in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Medical School: University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1997
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Thomas is listed as: Orthopedic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 27
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8527003730
NPI #: 1366410441
NPI Created On: 03/14/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 11/01/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207XS0117X
License Number:
20842
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, ENGLISH.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Harvest of bone marrow for spine surgery graft
2. Fusion of lower spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
3. Fusion of spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach
4. Fusion of lower spine bones with removal of disc, posterior or posterolateral approach
5. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation at base of neck for stabilization, 1 interspace
6. Insertion of posterior spinal instrumentation for spinal stabilization, 3 to 6 vertebral segments
7. Insertion of device into intervertebral disc space of spine and fusion of vertebrae
8. Partial removal of middle spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
9. Partial removal of spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves
10. X-ray of spine of neck, 2 or 3 views
11. X-ray of lower and sacral spine, 2 or 3 views
12. X-ray lower and sacral spine including bending views 2 or 3 views
13. Mri scan of lower spinal canal
14. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
15. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
16. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 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).