Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. George Clifton Christensen III, DO

Individual provider Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · NPI 1669637187

Dr. George Clifton Christensen III, DO practises Thoracic Surgery in Edgewood, Kentucky. Qualified in 2008, 18 years ago. Practices with St Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc, a 186-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Kentucky.

Years since qualifying
18
Licensed in
KY
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

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Practice location Address checks out

711 Medical Village Dr
Edgewood, KY 41017
Phone: (859) 301-9010
Fax: (859) 301-9018
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Specialties & licences

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence 03878 (KY)
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence TP565 (KY)

Record details

NPI number1669637187
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 24, 2008
Last updated in NPPESNovember 4, 2021
Certification dateNovember 4, 2021

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyTHORACIC SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2008 (18 years in practice)
Group practice St Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc — 186 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations3 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 19 times · 65th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients95
Services billed 168 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age77

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Education $11,500 7 payments · educational material or training, not a fee
Food and Beverage $2,311 33 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $724 3 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • St Elizabeth Dearborn Hospital Hospital · Lawrenceburg, IN · listed as Dearborn County Hospital Woundcare
  • St Elizabeth Edgewood Hospital · Edgewood, KY · listed as St Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc
  • St Elizabeth Florence Hospital · Florence, KY
  • St Elizabeth Ft Thomas Hospital · Fort Thomas, KY
  • St Elizabeth Grant Hospital · Williamstown, KY

Colleagues at St Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 186 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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