Lifford L Lancaster, M.D.

Primary specialty

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) PhysicianTaxonomy code 208G00000X

License

MD19776 Issued in TN

Practice address

3443 Dickerson Pike Ste 500
Nashville, TN 37207-2599

Phone

(615) 860-1772

Fax

(615) 870-1070

NPI assigned

Jun 1, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 9

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Cardiac Surgery

Education

University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, 1982

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Advanced Diagnostic Imaging PCGroup PAC ID 7315848140, 523 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Tristar Skyline Medical Center Hospital, Nashville, TN, CCN 440006

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: lifford.lancaster@rsm.eclinicaldirectplus.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, PC

  dba AdvancedHealth

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Goodlettsville, TN
  • NPI 1093741464
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Middle Tennessee Imaging LLC

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Dickson, TN
  • NPI 1770667289
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Advanced Diagnostic Imaging PC

  dba Ankle and Foot Centers of Nashville

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Lewisburg, TN
  • NPI 1922846559
  NPD
• The Heart Team

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1700856119
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Hti Memorial Hospital Corporation

  dba Tristar Skyline Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1295780476
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Brandee Michelle Lancaster, LCSW
• Courtney Jeanne Lancaster, PT, DPT
• Erin C Lancaster, MS, RD, LDN
• James A. Lancaster, M..D.
• Leland Jarnigan Lancaster Jr., M.D.
• Lisa Lancaster, MD
• Rachel Christine Lancaster, RN
• Scott Thomas Lancaster, MD
• Stephanie Lancaster, RN
• Audra Lance, D.C.

• Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Nashville, TN
• Providers in Nashville, TN by specialty
• Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 21, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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