Abhishek Thummalakunta DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Abhishek Thummalakunta

  Explanation of Specialties

ABHISHEK THUMMALAKUNTA is a specialist in DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY. Other specialties include INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, and NUCLEAR MEDICINE.

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY: Radiologists review and interpret x-rays, CT scans, MRIs, PET scans and other types of imaging tests. However, there are some imaging tests that radiologists typically do not review. Cardiologists usually review their own echocardiograms and stress tests and Ob/Gyns usually review their own ultrasounds. Like Pathologists, Radiologists often do not directly interact with patients. Typically a technician performs the scan for the radiologist to review. (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)

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY: Interventional radiology (IR) is a way to diagnose and treat cancer and other conditions without major surgery.With IR, your doctor looks inside your body with imaging tests such as ultrasounds, CT scans, or MRIs. Then they use small tools, like needles and tubes, to do a procedure or give treatment right where you need it. During these procedures, your doctor can put tools into your body through tiny cuts that can be as small as a pinhole. Interventional radiology helps with cancer in a number ... (more information)

NUCLEAR MEDICINE: Nuclear medicine is a specialized area of radiology that uses very small amounts of radioactive materials, or radiopharmaceuticals, to examine organ function and structure. Nuclear medicine imaging is a combination of many different disciplines. These include chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer technology, and medicine. This branch of radiology is often used to help diagnose and treat abnormalities very early in the progression of a disease, such as thyroid cancer.Because X-rays pass throu... (more information)

  Abhishek Thummalakunta Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	96
Final MIPS Score without CPB	91.5
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	90

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.

There is no measure or activity data for Abhishek Thummalakunta.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Abhishek Thummalakunta

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500 S UNIVERSITY AVE
LITTLE ROCK, AR 72205
501-664-3914

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Abhishek Thummalakunta

Doctors Groups:

RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATES PA

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ARKANSAS HEART HOSPITAL, LLC

Hospital: CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY

Hospital: CONWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC

Hospital: JEFFERSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: SOUTH ARKANSAS REGIONAL HOSPITAL LLC

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