Karla Thornton INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Karla Thornton

  Explanation of Specialties

KARLA THORNTON is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

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)

INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Infectious disease physicians deal with infections that are hard to diagnose or treat. They also treat serious infections such as the swine flu, bird flu, HIV/AIDS, and other infectious diseases. After medical school, infectious disease physicians must attend an internal medicine residency followed by fellowship training for infectious diseases. (more information)

  Karla Thornton Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	97.9
Final MIPS Score without CPB	91.4
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	89.9

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.

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Karla Thornton

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2211 LOMAS BLVD NE
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106
505-272-2111

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Karla Thornton

Doctors Groups:

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO MEDICAL GROUP

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: UNM HOSPITAL

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