WALTER CHOATE Review - (OPTOMETRY)
Get our detailed analysis and review of CMS data for WALTER CHOATE.
Data is as of March 07, 2024.
A Review of the Data
Prepared by Richard Saunders as of March 07, 2024.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") compiles and distributes more than 17 tables of data on medical professionals on a sporadic basis. Some of the tables contain more than a million records which makes it very difficult to manage them. There is a lot of information to pour through when trying to understand WALTER CHOATE. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the WALTER CHOATE does, their affiliations and much more. (If you want to jump to a specific section of the review, here are the section headers: Specialities, Ratings, Office Locations, Affiliations, and Other Doctors.
In the briefest summary, WALTER CHOATE is a specialist in OPTOMETRY. No other specialties were noted. WALTER CHOATE attended SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY, graduating in 1979. He maintains 1 office locations. He is affiliated with 0 medical organization (including hospitals, hospices, and skilled nursing facilities).
National Provider Number (NPI):
1083608459Specialties and Sub-Specialties:
WALTER CHOATE is a specialist in OPTOMETRY. No other specialties were noted.
OPTOMETRY: Optometrists evaluate people for glasses and contact lenses and can diagnose and treat some eye conditions. They are not medical doctors and do not perform surgery, but they can prescribe some medications. Some people may have vision insurance that covers visits to an optometrist and glasses and contacts, but often that vision insurance does not pay for visits to an Ophthalmologist. Additionally, people may have medical insurance, but that medical insurance does not pay for glasses and contac... (more information)
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MIPS Scores for WALTER CHOATE
MIPS is an acronym for Merit-Based Incentive Payment System. Authorized by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reaouthorization Act of 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") developed MIPS to reward clinicians for the value of care they provide rather than the volume of care, quality over quantity. The MIPS final score determines a provider's Medicare Part B payment adjustments. MIPS also created a means for consumers to rank providers.
MIPS scores are calculated using four performance categories, quality, cost, improvement activities, and promotion of interoperability. Higher scores are better. The highest final MIPS score is 100.
| Final MIPS Score | 73.7 |
| Final MIPS Score without CPB | 71.9 |
| PI Category Score | 35 |
| IA Category Score | 40 |
| Quality Category Score | 84.4 |
Measures and Activities
These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.
| Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report | |
| Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan | |
| Diabetes: Eye Exam | |
| Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record | |
| Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG): Optic Nerve Evaluation | |
| Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information | |
| e-Prescribing | |
| Care coordination agreements that promote improvements in patient tracking across settings | Yes |
| Care transition documentation practice improvements | Yes |
| Collection and follow-up on patient experience and satisfaction data on beneficiary engagement | Yes |
| Collection and use of patient experience and satisfaction data on access | Yes |
| Comprehensive Eye Exams | Yes |
| Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program | Yes |
| Drug Cost Transparency | Yes |
| Electronic Case Reporting Exclusion | Yes |
| Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal | Yes |
| Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion | Yes |
| Improved Practices that Engage Patients Pre-Visit | Yes |
| ONC Direct Review Attestation | Yes |
| ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation | Yes |
| Practice Improvements for Bilateral Exchange of Patient Information | Yes |
| Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention | 94% |
| Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention | 93% |
| Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record | Yes |
| Public Health Registry Reporting Exclusion | Yes |
| Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) | Yes |
| Regularly assess the patient experience of care through surveys, advisory councils and/or other mechanisms. | Yes |
| Security Risk Analysis | Yes |
| Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information Exclusion | Yes |
| Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion | Yes |
| Tobacco use | Yes |
| Use evidence-based decision aids to support shared decision-making. | Yes |
| Use of telehealth services that expand practice access | Yes |
Office Locations and Phone Numbers for WALTER CHOATE
The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for WALTER CHOATE.
306 NORTHCREEK BLVD
GOODLETTSVILLE, TN 37072
615-851-7575
Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for WALTER CHOATE
Doctors Groups:
WALTER CHOATE is not associated with any doctor groups.
Medical Organizations:
WALTER CHOATE is not affiliated with any hospitals.
Other Doctors in the Area Specializing in OPTOMETRY that are similar to WALTER CHOATE
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