THOMAS FRANCIS Review - (FAMILY PRACTICE)
Get our detailed analysis and review of CMS data for THOMAS FRANCIS.
Data is as of March 07, 2024.
The Most Important Data about THOMAS FRANCIS
In the briefest summary, THOMAS FRANCIS is a specialist in FAMILY PRACTICE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE, and PEDIATRIC MEDICINE. THOMAS FRANCIS attended PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE, graduating in 1992. He maintains 2 office locations. He is a part of 2 medical groups. He is affiliated with 0 medical organization (including hospitals, hospices, and skilled nursing facilities).
National Provider Number (NPI):
1497894091What is this page all about?
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 THOMAS FRANCIS. Luckily, we are here to help! We’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the THOMAS FRANCIS 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.
Specialties and Sub-Specialties:
THOMAS FRANCIS is a specialist in FAMILY PRACTICE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE, and PEDIATRIC MEDICINE.
FAMILY PRACTICE: Family Practice is a combination of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Ob/Gyn. They are primary care physicians for children and adults, perform well-woman exams and sometimes even deliver babies. (more information)
INTERNAL MEDICINE: General internists provide primary care to adult patients. Internists usually have more hospital-based training than family practitioners. They may have an office-based practice or work as a hospitalist primarily seeing patients in the hospital. These physicians attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. Internists may then choose to pursue a fellowship to sub-specialize in a variety of other areas, like endocrinology (hormone-related conditions) or cardiology (heart-relat... (more information)
PEDIATRIC MEDICINE: A pediatrician is a medical doctor who manages the physical, behavioral, and mental care for children from birth until age 18. A pediatrician is trained to diagnose and treat a broad range of childhood illnesses, from minor health problems to serious diseases. Pediatricians have graduated from medical school and completed a 3-year residency program in pediatrics. A board-certified pediatrician has passed rigorous exams given by the American Board of Pediatrics. To remain certified, pediatricians... (more information)
Reviews and Ratings
MIPS Scores for THOMAS FRANCIS
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 | 83.5 |
| Final MIPS Score without CPB | 77.1 |
| PI Category Score | 57 |
| IA Category Score | 40 |
| Quality Category Score | 81.8 |
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 | |
| Colorectal Cancer Screening | |
| Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy | |
| Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record | |
| Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan | |
| Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan | |
| Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention | |
| Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information | |
| Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Incorporating Health Information | |
| Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information | |
| e-Prescribing | |
| Advance Care Planning | Yes |
| Anticoagulant Management Improvements | Yes |
| Care coordination agreements that promote improvements in patient tracking across settings | Yes |
| Care transition documentation practice improvements | Yes |
| Care transition standard operational improvements | Yes |
| Clinical Data Registry Reporting Exclusion | 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 |
| Depression screening | Yes |
| Diabetes screening | Yes |
| Electronic Case Reporting Exclusion | Yes |
| Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up | Yes |
| Engagement of Patients, Family, and Caregivers in Developing a Plan of Care | Yes |
| Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal | Yes |
| Enhancements/regular updates to practice websites/tools that also include considerations for patients with cognitive disabilities | Yes |
| Evidenced-based techniques to promote self-management into usual care | Yes |
| Falls: Risk Assessment | 80% |
| Glycemic Screening Services | Yes |
| Immunization Registry Reporting | Yes |
| Implementation of Integrated Patient Centered Behavioral Health Model | Yes |
| Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop | Yes |
| Implementation of documentation improvements for practice/process improvements | Yes |
| Improved Practices that Engage Patients Pre-Visit | Yes |
| ONC Direct Review Attestation | Yes |
| ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation | Yes |
| Participation in Population Health Research | Yes |
| Practice Improvements for Bilateral Exchange of Patient Information | Yes |
| Primary Care Physician and Behavioral Health Bilateral Electronic Exchange of Information for Shared Patients | 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 |
| Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion | Yes |
| Tobacco use | Yes |
| Use evidence-based decision aids to support shared decision-making. | Yes |
| Use of certified EHR to capture patient reported outcomes | Yes |
| Use of tools to assist patient self-management | Yes |
| Use of toolsets or other resources to close healthcare disparities across communities | Yes |
Office Locations and Phone Numbers for THOMAS FRANCIS
The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for THOMAS FRANCIS.
8 MOUNTAIN BLVD
WARREN, NJ 70592
No phone number available
94 OLD SHORT HILLS RD
LIVINGSTON, NJ 70395
No phone number available
Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for THOMAS FRANCIS
Doctors Groups:
BARNABAS HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP PC
Medical Organizations:
THOMAS FRANCIS is not affiliated with any hospitals.
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