Nathan Smith PAIN MANAGEMENT Reviews and Ratings

  About Nathan Smith

  Explanation of Specialties

NATHAN SMITH is a specialist in PAIN MANAGEMENT. Other specialties include ANESTHESIOLOGY, and INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT.

PAIN MANAGEMENT: A pain management specialist is a doctor who evaluates your pain and treats a wide range of pain problems. A pain management doctor treats sudden pain problems such as headaches and many types of long-lasting, chronic, pain such as low back pain. Patients are seen in a pain clinic and can go home the same day. Pain management doctors offer a mix of medication-based treatments and procedures, that can stop the pain at its source. The types of pain treated by a pain management doctor fall into thr... (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)

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)

  Nathan Smith Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	95.1
Final MIPS Score without CPB	89.3
PI Category Score	83.8
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	88.2

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.

Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Depression screening	Yes
Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs	Yes
Patient Medication Risk Education	Yes
Tobacco use	Yes
Use of Patient Safety Tools	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 Nathan Smith

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 5 office locations for Nathan Smith.

625 CHURCH NEST
MARIETTA, GA 30060
770-422-2004

677 CHURCH NEST
MARIETTA, GA 30060
No phone number available

677 CHURCH ST NE
MARIETTA, GA 30060
470-793-8585

8954 HOSPITAL DR
DOUGLASVILLE, GA 30134
678-838-2585

5150 STILESBORO N W RD
KENNESAW, GA 30152
770-424-8222

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Nathan Smith

Doctors Groups:

WELLSTAR MEDICAL GROUP, LLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: WELLSTAR DOUGLAS HOSPITAL

Hospital: WELLSTAR KENNESTONE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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