John Hovorka GENERAL SURGERY Reviews and Ratings

  About John Hovorka

  Explanation of Specialties

JOHN HOVORKA is a specialist in GENERAL SURGERY. Other specialties include PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, and VASCULAR SURGERY.

GENERAL SURGERY: Most surgeons begin their training as general surgeons, then can sub-specialize or stay general surgeons. General surgeons perform gall bladder removals, hernia repairs, and some breast and skin surgery. (more information)

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE: Preventive medicine is exactly what it sounds like — it aims to prevent sickness before it happens. The ideology behind preventive medicine focuses on protecting, promoting, and maintaining health and well-being. It also aims to avert disease, disability, and death on an individual basis, as well as on a large scale in communities and populations. Preventive medicine is promoted by all physicians, though some choose to specialize in it. Physicians in this specialty use biostatistics and epidem... (more information)

VASCULAR SURGERY: A vascular surgeon has expertise in the diagnosis and management of patients with disorders of the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems, excluding vessels of the brain and the heart. Certified Vascular Surgeons have significant experience in providing comprehensive care to patients with all types of vascular disease, including diagnosis, medical treatment and reconstructive vascular surgical and endovascular techniques. Common interventions performed by vascular surgeons include the opening of... (more information)

  John Hovorka 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.

Radiology: Exposure Dose Indices or Exposure Time and Number of Images Reported for Procedures Using Fluoroscopy

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

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for John Hovorka

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for John Hovorka.

909 N JACKSON RD
MCALLEN, TX 78501
956-992-9161

909 N JACKSON RD
MCALLEN, TX 78501
No phone number available

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for John Hovorka

Doctors Groups:

LASER SURGICAL SOLUTIONS RGV LLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: DOCTORS HOSPTAL AT RENAISSANCE

Hospital: SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM

Hospital: STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

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