Thomas Merle MD in Kettering, Ohio

Medical School: Ohio State University College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1982
The Primary Medical Specialty for Thomas Merle MD is listed as: Thoracic Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 42
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 3072418615
NPI #: 1730187469
NPI Created On: 07/07/2005
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 01/13/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 208G00000X
License Number:
35055260
Listed Gender: Male

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

• Ambetter
• MOLINA HEALTHCARE OF OHIO
• Humana
• CareSource
• 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 with prosthetic valve, accessed through the skin
2. Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope
3. Heart artery bypass to repair one artery
4. Ultrasonic guidance during surgery
5. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
6. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
7. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 60 minutes
8. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
9. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
10. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
11. 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).