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Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD

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(Thomas L Schaefer, MD)

(50 Ratings)

Specializes in: Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Internal Medicine (Adult Medicine), Family Medicine, Home Health and Geriatrics (Elderly Care)

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1983)

3725 Renee Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29579

(843) 891-5122

Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD is an alternative medicine practitioner in Myrtle Beach, SC specializing in complementary and alternative medicine, internal medicine (adult medicine), family medicine, home health and geriatrics (elderly care). He graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1983 and has 43 years of experience. Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD is affiliated with CenterWell Senior Primary Care, CenterWell Carolina Forest and MRS PHYSICAL THERAPY.

Office Locations

3725 Renee Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29579

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD treated as an alternative medicine practitioner in Myrtle Beach, SC during 2012 were nursing home care, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	243
doctor visit	174
hospital care	268
inpatient care	268
lab tests	11
nursing home care	328
preventive care	38
vaccines	38

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD treated as an alternative medicine practitioner in Myrtle Beach, SC during 2013 were nursing home care, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	238
doctor visit	161
hospital care	296
inpatient care	296
nursing home care	392
preventive care	38
vaccines	38

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	90
Female	125

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	204
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	56
From 75 to 84	62
85 and over	68
Less than 65	29

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	19
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	26
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	29
Dementia	32
Cancer	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD treated as an alternative medicine practitioner in Myrtle Beach, SC during 2014 were nursing home care, blood draw, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	224
doctor visit	138
hospital care	196
inpatient care	196
nursing home care	522
preventive care	51
vaccines	51

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	103
Female	138

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	217
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	71
From 75 to 84	61
85 and over	75
Less than 65	34

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	17
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	21
Heart Failure	32
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	34
Dementia	29
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD treated as an alternative medicine practitioner in Myrtle Beach, SC during 2015 were nursing home care, blood draw, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	260
doctor visit	133
hospital care	237
inpatient care	237
nursing home care	471
preventive care	60
vaccines	60

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	204
Female	256

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	424
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	164
From 75 to 84	102
85 and over	134
Less than 65	60

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD in 2015

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	21
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	28
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	29
Dementia	29
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD treated as an alternative medicine practitioner in Myrtle Beach, SC during 2016 were nursing home care, blood draw, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	245
doctor visit	150
hospital care	222
inpatient care	222
nursing home care	380
preventive care	40
vaccines	40

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	96
Female	118

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	202
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	77
From 75 to 84	53
85 and over	61
Less than 65	23

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	25
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	23
Heart Failure	28
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	33
Dementia	35
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD treated as an alternative medicine practitioner in Myrtle Beach, SC during 2017 were nursing home care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	97
nursing home care	352

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	72
Female	112

**Age**
From 65 to 74	62
From 75 to 84	32
85 and over	62
Less than 65	28

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	49
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	43
Dementia	46
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD treated as an alternative medicine practitioner in Myrtle Beach, SC during 2018 were nursing home care and lab tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	226
lab tests	18
nursing home care	131

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	86
Female	130

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	205
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	11
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	84
From 75 to 84	50
85 and over	42
Less than 65	40

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD in 2018

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	37
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	23
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	38
Dementia	32
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD treated as an alternative medicine practitioner in Myrtle Beach, SC during 2019 were preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	253
preventive care	48
vaccines	48

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	106
Female	98

**Age**
From 65 to 74	112
From 75 to 84	46
85 and over	15
Less than 65	31

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD in 2019

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	37
Dementia	8
Cancer	6

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	66

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	38
Female	34

**Age**
From 65 to 74	38
From 75 to 84	17
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	51
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2020

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD treated as an alternative medicine practitioner in Myrtle Beach, SC were nursing home care, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

blood draw	242
doctor visit	155
hospital care	243
inpatient care	243
lab tests	14
nursing home care	368
preventive care	45
vaccines	45

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2020

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	88
Female	112

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	139
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	1

**Age**
75 to 84	47
85 and over	50
Less than 65	27
65 to 74	73

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD From 2012 - 2020

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	8
Osteoporosis	10
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	32
Atrial Fibrillation	12
Cancer	8
Dementia	23

Education & Training

Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1983. He completed residency at Forbes Regional Hospital. He is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and has a state license in Pennsylvania.

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (1983)

Residency: Forbes Regional Hospital (1986)

Board Certification: American Board of Family Medicine (1986)

Licensed In: Pennsylvania

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

CenterWell Senior Primary Care

CenterWell Carolina Forest

MRS PHYSICAL THERAPY

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: Aetna, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Wellcare, Medicare Railroad, United Healthcare, Healthspring, Medicaid, Humana, DeVoted, Original Medicare and Medicare.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD accepts the following insurance providers:

Aetna

Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Wellcare

Medicare Railroad

United Healthcare

Healthspring

Medicaid

Humana

DeVoted

Original Medicare

Medicare

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.62 out of 5 stars based on 50 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Thomas L. Schaefer, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Myrtle Beach, SC.

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc	$436 INVOKANA $380	XARELTO $55
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$245 FARXIGA $204	BEVESPI AEROSPHERE $15	SYMBICORT $15	MOVANTIK $11
Lilly USA, LLC	$217 TRADJENTA $74	HUMALOG $52	BASAGLAR $32	GLYXAMBI $15	AXIRON $14	Other $28
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC	$207 TOUJEO $133	LANTUS $74
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$195 JARDIANCE $91	Pradaxa $31	GLYXAMBI $29	SPIRIVA RESPIMAT $25	JENTADUETO $18
Other	$1,025 EXELON PATCH $87	ELIQUIS $78	Belviq $66	INCRUSE $52	BREO $48	Other $695

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$2,324

Biography

Dr. Thomas Schaefer specializes in general practice, family medicine, and home health. Dr. Schaefer attended medical school at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He trained at The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Forbes Regional Campus for residency. The average patient rating for Dr. Schaefer is 4.5 stars (out of 5). Blue California, Humana, and Aetna are among the insurance carriers that Dr. Schaefer honors. He is professionally affiliated with CenterWell Senior Primary Care. Yext reports that he is accepting new patients at his office in Myrtle Beach, SC.