Richard Clay in Huntsville, Alabama

Medical School: University Of South Alabama College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1981
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Clay is listed as: Thoracic Surgery
Approximate Years of Experience: 43
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 8628003381
NPI #: 1619960549
NPI Created On: 08/25/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 07/24/2007
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208G00000X
License Number:
15210
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. Replacement of aortic valve using artificial valve on heart-lung machine, open procedure
2. Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope
3. Combined multiple vein and artery heart artery bypasses
4. Heart artery bypass to repair one artery
5. Ultrasonic guidance during surgery
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
7. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
8. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
9. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
10. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 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).