Dennis Blankenship INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Dennis Blankenship

  Explanation of Specialties

DENNIS BLANKENSHIP is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include NEPHROLOGY.

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)

NEPHROLOGY: Nephrologists treat kidney disease and prescribe dialysis for those experiencing kidney failure. After medical school, these physicians attend an internal medicine residency program. They are then required to attend fellowship training for nephrology. (more information)

  Dennis Blankenship 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.

There is no measure or activity data for Dennis Blankenship.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Dennis Blankenship

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Dennis Blankenship.

1000 PINE ST
TEXARKANA, TX 75501
903-798-8000

422 BEECH ST
TEXARKANA, AR 71854
870-773-1111

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Dennis Blankenship

Doctors Groups:

Dennis Blankenship is not associated with any doctor groups.

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: CHRISTUS ST MICHAEL HEALTH SYSTEM

Hospital: WADLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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