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Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD

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Specializes in: Cardiothoracic Surgery

1601 E 19th Avenue Suite 5000
Denver, CO 80218

(303) 226-4650

Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Denver, CO specializing in cardiothoracic surgery.

Office Locations

1601 E 19th Avenue Suite 5000
Denver, CO 80218

(303) 226-4650

(303) 751-6069

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In The News

“That surgery was done early this month by Dr. Richard Parker at Rose Medical Center.”—"Colorado Voices: A challenge to managed health care", The Denver Post, April 2015

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Denver, CO during 2012 were hospital care, cardiac procedures and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD for Medicare patients.

cardiac procedures	26
doctor visit	37
hospital care	26
inpatient care	26

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Denver, CO during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and minimally invasive procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	36
hospital care	35
inpatient care	35
minimally invasive procedures	12
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	12

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD.

**Gender**
Male	62
Female	49

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	90
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	52
From 75 to 84	33
85 and over	11
Less than 65	15

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	62
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	43
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	31
Heart Failure	41
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	36
Dementia	0
Cancer	26

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Denver, CO during 2014 were cardiac procedures, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD for Medicare patients.

cardiac procedures	22
doctor visit	28
hospital care	18
inpatient care	18

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD.

**Gender**
Male	63
Female	44

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	89
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	45
From 75 to 84	39
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	60
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	46
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	42
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	31
Diabetes	33
Dementia	14
Cancer	28

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Denver, CO during 2015 were catheterization, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, minimally invasive procedures and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD for Medicare patients.

catheterization	16
doctor visit	33
hospital care	15
inpatient care	15
minimally invasive procedures	15
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	15

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD.

**Gender**
Male	142
Female	98

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	196
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	102
From 75 to 84	84
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	63
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	50
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	30
Heart Failure	43
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	39
Diabetes	33
Dementia	9
Cancer	32

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Denver, CO during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and minimally invasive procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD for Medicare patients.

catheterization	12
doctor visit	83
hospital care	38
inpatient care	38
minimally invasive procedures	14
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	14

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD.

**Gender**
Male	103
Female	68

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	147
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	68
From 75 to 84	63
85 and over	19
Less than 65	21

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	64
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	48
Asthma	37
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	33
Heart Failure	47
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	38
Dementia	16
Cancer	23

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Denver, CO during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and minimally invasive procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD for Medicare patients.

dissection	11
doctor visit	57
excision	11
hospital care	26
inpatient care	26
lymph node procedures	11
minimally invasive procedures	25
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	25

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD.

**Gender**
Male	77
Female	67

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	118
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	76
From 75 to 84	45
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	60
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	49
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	25
Heart Failure	49
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	41
Diabetes	31
Dementia	19
Cancer	27

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Denver, CO during 2018 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	17
hospital care	19
inpatient care	19

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD.

**Gender**
Male	49
Female	26

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	58
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	32
From 75 to 84	29
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	72
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	65
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	57
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	37
Heart Failure	51
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	31
Diabetes	32
Dementia	20
Cancer	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2018

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Denver, CO were hospital care, inpatient care, cardiac procedures and minimally invasive procedures.

cardiac procedures	24
catheterization	14
dissection	11
doctor visit	41
excision	11
hospital care	25
inpatient care	25
lymph node procedures	11
minimally invasive procedures	16
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	16

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2018

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD.

**Gender**
Female	50
Male	70

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	99
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	4
75 to 84	41
Less than 65	5
65 to 74	53

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD From 2012 - 2018

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	13
Osteoporosis	2
Heart Failure	39
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
Diabetes	29
Atrial Fibrillation	25
Dementia	11
Cancer	22

Education & Training

He has a state license in Colorado.

Licensed In: Colorado

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Richard K. Parker, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$1,949 Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve $1,160	Edwards SAPIEN XT Transcatheter Heart Valve $356	Heart Valve Repair $150	Transcatheter Heart Valves $126	Pericardial Heart Valve $122	Other $35
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.	$1,038 Avalus $438	CoreValve Evolut $253	Hancock $122	Endeavor $117	CG Future $96	Other $12
ABIOMED	$177 Impella $177
Philips Electronics North America Corporation	$29 IGT_D Therapy $29
Actavis Pharma Inc	$20 TEFLARO $20
Other	$46 SAMSCA $16	XARELTO $12	$18