Thomas Edward Gaines, MD in Knoxville, TN - Medicare Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

Thomas Edward Gaines, MD is a medicare enrolled "Thoracic Surgery (cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)" physician in Knoxville, Tennessee. His current practice location is 1940 Alcoa Hwy, Ste E-180, Knoxville, Tennessee. You can reach out to his office (for appointments etc.) via phone at (865) 305-6955.

Thomas Edward Gaines is licensed to practice in Tennessee (license number 021056) and he also participates in the medicare program. He does not accept medicare assignments directly but he may accept medicare through third-party (refer to Reassignment section below) and may also prescribe medicare part D drugs. His NPI Number is 1447243068.

Contact Information

	Thomas Edward Gaines, MD
	1940 Alcoa Hwy, Ste E-180, Knoxville, TN 37920-2244
	(865) 305-6955
	(865) 637-5216

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Physician's Profile

Full Name	Thomas Edward Gaines
Gender	Male
Speciality	Thoracic Surgery (cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
Location	1940 Alcoa Hwy, Knoxville, Tennessee
Accepts Medicare Assignments	Medicare enrolled and may accept medicare through third-party reassignment. May prescribe medicare part D drugs.

NPI Data:

NPI Number: 1447243068
Provider Enumeration Date: 08/30/2005
Last Update Date: 03/05/2010

Medicare PECOS Information:

PECOS PAC ID: 9537219670
Enrollment ID: I20090610000484

Medical Identifiers

Medical identifiers for Thomas Edward Gaines such as npi, medicare ID, medicare PIN, medicaid, etc.

Identifier	Type	State	Issuer
1447243068	NPI	-	NPPES

Medical Taxonomies and Licenses

Taxonomy	Type	License (State)	Status
208G00000X	Thoracic Surgery (cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)	021056 (Tennessee)	Primary

Medicare Reassignments

Some practitioners may not bill the customers directly but medicare billing happens through clinics / group practice / hospitals where the provider works. Medicare reassignment of benefits is a mechanism by which practitioners allow third parties to bill and receive payment for medicare services performed by them. Thomas Edward Gaines allows following entities to bill medicare on his behalf.

Entity Name	University Health System, Inc.
Entity Type	Part B Supplier - Clinic/group Practice
Entity Identifiers	NPI Number: 1790738763 PECOS PAC ID: 5294646378 Enrollment ID: O20031111000809

Entity Name	University Heart Surgeons Pllc
Entity Type	Part B Supplier - Clinic/group Practice
Entity Identifiers	NPI Number: 1811930902 PECOS PAC ID: 1355322058 Enrollment ID: O20040527001287

Medicare Part D Prescriber Enrollment

Any physician or other eligible professional who prescribes Part D drugs must either enroll in the Medicare program or opt out in order to prescribe drugs to their patients with Part D prescription drug benefit plans. Thomas Edward Gaines is enrolled with medicare and thus, if eligible, can prescribe medicare part D drugs to patients with medicare part D benefits.

Mailing Address and Practice Location

Mailing Address	Practice Location Address
Thomas Edward Gaines, MD Po Box 440547, Nashville, TN 37244-0547 Ph: (865) 670-6199	Thomas Edward Gaines, MD 1940 Alcoa Hwy, Ste E-180, Knoxville, TN 37920-2244 Ph: (865) 305-6955

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Thomas Edward Gaines, MD - Medicare Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) in Knoxville, TN