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In Albany, Dr. Chikashi Nakai works as a thoracic surgeon at Albany Medical College.
Quick facts
- Specialty
- Thoracic surgeon
- Credentials
- MD
- Practice
- Albany Medical College
- Address
- 47 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208
- Phone
- (518) 262-5633
- Hospital affiliations
- Albany Medical Center Hospital, Glens Falls Hospital, Columbia Memorial Hospital, Saratoga Hospital
- Medicare assignment
- Accepts
- Telehealth
- Available
- NPI number
- 1558972380
- NY license no.
- 325232
The office is at 47 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208; the phone number on record is (518) 262-5633. The group behind the practice, Albany Medical College, lists 1056 clinicians with Medicare. He accepts Medicare assignment — useful to know if you are on traditional Medicare. Telehealth visits are listed as available.
On the hospital side, Dr. Nakai holds affiliations with Albany Medical Center Hospital, Glens Falls Hospital, Columbia Memorial Hospital and Saratoga Hospital.
Reviews here come only from patients. If you've seen Dr. Nakai, add yours.
Medicare, Medicaid and hospitals
- Medicare patients (2024)
- 151 people with traditional Medicare, average age 76
- Most common services billed to Medicare
- Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery
- Harvest of vein using an endoscope
- Procedures on Medicare Care Compare
- Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 35 procedures
- Removal of tissue 1–10 procedures
- Medicare quality score (MIPS 2024)
- 88 out of 100 — reported through the group practice
- New York Medicaid
- Enrolled fee-for-service provider since 2023. Medicaid managed-care plans keep their own networks, so check with your plan.
- Hospital pages
- Albany Medical Center Hospital · Columbia Memorial Hospital · Glens Falls Hospital · Saratoga Hospital
Medicare figures cover people with traditional (fee-for-service) Medicare only; services billed for fewer than 11 patients are not published.
Comparing heart & chest surgeons? See 15 in Albany or 17 across Capital Region.
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Frequently Asked Questions
With Albany Medical College, at 47 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208.
Call the office at (518) 262-5633.
Yes — Dr. Nakai accepts Medicare assignment, taking the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
Albany Medical Center Hospital, Glens Falls Hospital, Columbia Memorial Hospital and Saratoga Hospital.
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