Thomas Francis FAMILY PRACTICE Reviews and Ratings

  About Thomas Francis

  Explanation of 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)

  Thomas Francis Performance Measures

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

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.

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

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 Francis

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Thomas Francis.

8 MOUNTAIN BLVD
WARREN, NJ 70592
No phone number available

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Thomas Francis

Doctors Groups:

RWJBH PRIMARY CARE SERVICES

Medical Organizations:

Thomas Francis is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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