Thomas Young GASTROENTEROLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Thomas Young

  Explanation of Specialties

THOMAS YOUNG is a specialist in GASTROENTEROLOGY. No other specialties were noted.

GASTROENTEROLOGY: Gastroenterologists treat the functions and diseases of the digestive system.9This field attracts physicians who enjoy doing procedures, but who also like seeing patients in an outpatient setting. Gastroenterology is another sub-specialty of internal medicine. At minimum, gastroenterologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. From there, they need to attend fellowship training for gastroenterology. (more information)

  Thomas Young Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	80.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	77.2
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	73.1

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.

Appropriate indication for colonoscopy
Age Appropriate Screening Colonoscopy	0%
Appropriate follow-up interval of 3 years recommended based on pathology findings from screening colonoscopy in average-risk patients	85%
Care coordination agreements that promote improvements in patient tracking across settings	Yes
Care transition documentation practice improvements	Yes
Care transition standard operational improvements	Yes
Collection and follow-up on patient experience and satisfaction data on beneficiary engagement	Yes
Engage Patients and Families to Guide Improvement in the System of Care	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
Evidenced-based techniques to promote self-management into usual care	Yes
Improved Practices that Disseminate Appropriate Self-Management Materials	Yes
Photodocumentation of Cecal Intubation	98%
Practice Improvements for Bilateral Exchange of Patient Information	Yes
Practice Improvements that Engage Community Resources to Support Patient Health Goals	Yes
Provide peer-led support for self-management.	Yes
Regularly assess the patient experience of care through surveys, advisory councils and/or other mechanisms.	Yes
Use of tools to assist patient self-management	Yes

These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Thomas Young

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Thomas Young.

1930 ALCOA HWY
KNOXVILLE, TN 37920
865-305-6570

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Thomas Young

Doctors Groups:

UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC

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