Clifton Cowan OPTOMETRY Reviews and Ratings

  About Clifton Cowan

  Explanation of Specialties

CLIFTON COWAN is a specialist in OPTOMETRY. No other specialties were noted.

OPTOMETRY: Optometrists evaluate people for glasses and contact lenses and can diagnose and treat some eye conditions. They are not medical doctors and do not perform surgery, but they can prescribe some medications. Some people may have vision insurance that covers visits to an optometrist and glasses and contacts, but often that vision insurance does not pay for visits to an Ophthalmologist. Additionally, people may have medical insurance, but that medical insurance does not pay for glasses and contac... (more information)

  Clifton Cowan Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	95.5
PI Category Score	85
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	100

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.

Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Diabetes: Eye Exam
Diabetic Retinopathy: Communication with the Physician Managing Ongoing Diabetes Care
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly
Care coordination agreements that promote improvements in patient tracking across settings	Yes
Clinical Data Registry Reporting	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
Comprehensive Eye Exams	Yes
Diabetes screening	Yes
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up	Yes
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop	Yes
Implementation of formal quality improvement methods, practice changes, or other practice improvement processes	Yes
Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Patient Medication Risk Education	Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	100%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	100%
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Regularly assess the patient experience of care through surveys, advisory councils and/or other mechanisms.	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Incorporating Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Tobacco use	Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly	0%
Use of QCDR data for ongoing practice assessment and improvements	Yes
Use of certified EHR to capture patient reported outcomes	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 Clifton Cowan

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Clifton Cowan.

1100 N 5TH ST
LEESVILLE, LA 71446
337-239-2020

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Clifton Cowan

Doctors Groups:

THOMAS VISION CLINIC, INC

Medical Organizations:

Clifton Cowan is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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Sometimes the doctor you see isn't a good fit or you want to get a second opinions. This is a list of nearby doctors with the same specialization as Clifton Cowan.

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