Christopher Tipton PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Christopher Tipton

  Explanation of Specialties

CHRISTOPHER TIPTON is a specialist in PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT. No other specialties were noted.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT: A physician’s assistant (PA) is a licensed clinician who practices medicine in partnership with doctors. In the United States, the role was created to respond to a shortage of doctors during the mid-1960s. Today, PAs play an essential role in areas with limited medical access. They work semi-autonomously and must work in association with a physician. This may be a medical doctor (MD) or a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO). The physician doesn’t necessarily need to be on-site when the PA pe... (more information)

  Christopher Tipton Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	95.1
Final MIPS Score without CPB	87.7
PI Category Score	76.3
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	89.6

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.

Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Clinical Data Registry Reporting	Yes
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Incorporating Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	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 Christopher Tipton

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 8 office locations for Christopher Tipton.

26 TRINITY LN
OCEANA, WV 24870
304-682-6246

7487 COAL RIVER RD
COMFORT, WV 25049
304-837-3100

471 MAIN ST
MADISON, WV 25130
304-369-5170

10008 COAL RIVER RD
SETH, WV 25181
304-837-3399

35767 POND FORK RD
WHARTON, WV 25208
304-247-6202

37456 COAL RIVER RD
WHITESVILLE, WV 25209
304-854-1321

1563 SAND PLANT RD
SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV 25309
304-756-1500

1 WILDCAT WAY
LOGAN, WV 25601
304-688-9949

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Christopher Tipton

Doctors Groups:

LINCOLN COUNTY PRIMARY CARE CENTER INC

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: CENTERWELL HOME HEALTH

Hospital: CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: LOGAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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