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Charles Craig Elkins, MD

NPI 1790789345ActiveIndividual· Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)· Oklahoma City, OK

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) (MD) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, trained at University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (class of 1988). 238 Medicare patients in 2024, $181,910 paid; all of their 59 Part D prescriptions were generic. Medtronic, Inc. was the largest of 10 companies reporting payments in 2025, $6,659 in all, mostly speaking and faculty fees.

Overview

NPI1790789345
StatusActive
Entity typeIndividual
CredentialMD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI issuedJun 10, 2005
Last updated in NPPESJan 11, 2017

Specialties and licenses

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Exclusion screening

ListResultDetails
HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026No matchChecked by NPI and by name + state
North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026No match—
Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026No match—

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Medicare

Enrollment (PECOS)Enrolled Practitioner - Cardiac Surgery (OK)
Accepts assignmentYes (participating)

Medicare services in 2024

Medicare patients238
Services billed495 across 73 procedure codes
Paid by Medicare$181,910

Part D prescriptions in 2024

Prescriptions (claims)59 · 67 30-day fills
Patients42
Total drug cost$407.26
Generic share100% of claims

Medicare sources and data years

Education and affiliations

Medical schoolUniversity of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Graduation year1988
Medicare specialtyCardiac Surgery

Medical group

Hospital affiliations

Source: CMS Care Compare

Industry payments (Open Payments)

  • 2025$6,659 · 48 payments from 10 companies
  • 2024$11,097 · 69 payments from 10 companies

Top paying companies in 2025

CompanyAmountPayments
Medtronic, Inc.$3,78818
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation$1,92712
Abbott Laboratories$359.964
Abiomed$233.585
Atricure, Inc.$222.033

What the 2025 payments were for

  • Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program$3,360 · 1 payment
  • Food and Beverage$1,942 · 41 payments
  • Travel and Lodging$1,357 · 6 payments

Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records

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