Joseph Thomas INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Reviews and Ratings

  About Joseph Thomas

  Explanation of Specialties

JOSEPH THOMAS is a specialist in INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT. Other specialties include ANESTHESIOLOGY.

INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT: If you’re in pain, interventional pain management can help you reduce pain and get you back to your life. Practitioners use cutting-edge treatment options along with holistic therapies. For example, a patient may receive nerve blocks or facet joint injections, along with reduced medication doses and physical therapy or chiropractic care to address the root of their pain issue. Practitioners look at the patient as a whole person, rather than just their pain. Because of this, interventional pain... (more information)

ANESTHESIOLOGY: Anesthesiologists perform the sedation for surgery and other procedures. They also provide local anesthesia for mothers during delivery by inserting an epidural in the low back. There is also a sub-specialty of anesthesiology called Pain Medicine. Pain Medicine doctors evaluate and treat patients with various chronic pain conditions. Aspiring anesthesiologists must attend medical school followed by a residency program for anesthesiology. There are numerous subspecialties of anesthesiology the... (more information)

  Joseph Thomas Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	45
Final MIPS Score without CPB	45
PI Category Score
IA Category Score
Quality Category Score

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.

There is no measure or activity data for Joseph Thomas.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Joseph Thomas

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Joseph Thomas.

5442 PEACH ST
ERIE, PA 16509
814-833-7246

4630 BUFFALO RD
ERIE, PA 16510
814-899-0420

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Joseph Thomas

Doctors Groups:

TRI-STATE PAIN INSTITUTE LLC

KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC

Medical Organizations:

Joseph Thomas is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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