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Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD

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Specializes in: Cardiothoracic Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine (1975)

4370 W Main Street
Dothan, AL 36305

(334) 794-5000

Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL specializing in cardiothoracic surgery. He graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine in 1975 and has 51 years of experience. Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD is affiliated with Merit Health and WIREGRASS CLINIC LLC.

Office Locations

401 Tuscaloosa Avenue Sw Suite D-210
Birmingham, AL 35211

(205) 780-8980

(205) 785-1554

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Merit Health

4370 W Main Street
Dothan, AL 36305

(334) 794-5000

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Merit Health

5003 Hardy Street Suite 200
Hattiesburg, MS 39402

(601) 296-3902

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2012 were thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery, cardiac procedures and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	36
cardiac procedures	72
doctor visit	35
hospital care	43
inpatient care	43
open surgery	72
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	72

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and open surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	13
cardiac procedures	26
doctor visit	81
hospital care	184
inpatient care	184
open surgery	26
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	26

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD.

**Gender**
Male	83
Female	66

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	109
Black	40
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	65
From 75 to 84	45
85 and over	18
Less than 65	21

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	44
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	36
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	48
Diabetes	44
Dementia	12
Cancer	25

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and open surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	12
cardiac procedures	24
doctor visit	111
hospital care	113
inpatient care	113
open surgery	24
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	24

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD.

**Gender**
Male	65
Female	48

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	66
Black	47
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	59
From 75 to 84	26
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	72
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	72
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	50
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	47
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	45
Diabetes	36
Dementia	12
Cancer	33

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2015 were hospital care, inpatient care and lab tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	137
hospital care	161
inpatient care	161
lab tests	22

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD.

**Gender**
Male	122
Female	114

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	162
Black	74
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	96
From 75 to 84	82
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	33
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	47
Diabetes	38
Dementia	13
Cancer	28

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2016 were lab tests, X-rays, thoracic (chest) imaging and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	277
hospital care	17
inpatient care	17
lab tests	247
thoracic (chest) imaging	43
X-rays	43

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD.

**Gender**
Male	145
Female	147

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	244
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	113
From 75 to 84	76
85 and over	11
Less than 65	92

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	41
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	35
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	29
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	33
Diabetes	40
Dementia	8
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2017 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	41
hospital care	57
inpatient care	57

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD.

**Gender**
Male	28
Female	24

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	32
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	27
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	11

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	73
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	62
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	23
Heart Failure	56
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	56
Diabetes	44
Dementia	0
Cancer	25

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2018 were thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery, cardiac procedures and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	15
cardiac procedures	30
hospital care	17
inpatient care	17
open surgery	30
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	30

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD.

**Gender**
Male	26
Female	23

**Age**
From 65 to 74	24
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	24
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	65
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	35
Heart Failure	61
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	55
Diabetes	47
Dementia	31
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	74
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD treated as a cardiothoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and X-rays.

bypass surgery	19
cardiac procedures	38
doctor visit	113
hospital care	84
inpatient care	84
lab tests	134
open surgery	38
thoracic (chest) imaging	43
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	38
X-rays	43

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD.

**Gender**
Male	52
Female	46

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	17
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	68
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	25
85 and over	3
Less than 65	13
65 to 74	42

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD From 2012 - 2021

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

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	59
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	42
Asthma	9
Osteoporosis	1
Heart Failure	37
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	31
Diabetes	27
Atrial Fibrillation	13
Dementia	8
Cancer	13

Education & Training

Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD graduated from University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine in 1975. He completed residency at Loyola University Affiliated Hospitals. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery and has a state license in Illinois.

Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine (1975)

Residency: Loyola University Affiliated Hospitals

Board Certification: American Board of Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Licensed In: Illinois

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Lee Shefton Riggins, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Merit Health

WIREGRASS CLINIC LLC

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.	$1,128 Valiant Captivia $298	STENTS $265	Aptus Heli-FX $218	Endurant $201	Aortic Stent Grafts $147
AtriCure, Inc.	$25 CRYO3 $25
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$13 Heart Valve Repair $13
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc.	$12 BELBUCA $12

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$1,179

Biography

Dr. Lee Riggins' area of specialization is cardiothoracic surgery. He is professionally affiliated with Merit Health. He studied medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. Dr. Riggins trained at a hospital affiliated with Loyola University for residency.

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