Brian Thornton – Summit Nephrology

Brian Thornton, MD

Brian Thornton is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Summit Nephrology. Along with Drs. Bhat and Spin, Dr. Thornton co-founded Summit Nephrology in 2005. Dr. Thornton spent 10 years at UC Davis Medical Center completing medical school, medical residency, a teaching year as Chief Resident and a Nephrology Fellowship.

He sees patients in the Summit Nephrology Roseville Office, and cares for patients primarily from Roseville, Rocklin, Citrus Heights and surrounding areas. Dr. Thornton is active in his local medical community. He is the Medical Director of the Secret Ravine Dialysis unit and currently serves as Chair of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee at Sutter Roseville Hospital. Dr. Thornton lives in Sacramento County with his wife and their two children.

Dr. Thornton was listed as a Sacramento Magazine “Top Doctor” in Nephrology in 2016 and again in 2017.

Degrees and Certifications:

B.S. Biochemistry and Cell Biology, UCSD, San Diego CA, 1995
Doctor of Medicine, UC Davis, Davis CA, 1999
Residency in Internal Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento CA, 2002
Chief Residency, Internal Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento CA, 2003
Fellowship in Nephrology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento CA, 2005
Board Certified, Internal Medicine 2002
Board Certified, Nephrology 2005, 2014

Clinical/Administrative Activities:

CFO, Summit Nephrology Medical Group Inc.
Medical Director, Fresenius Secret Ravine Dialysis Unit, Roseville CA
Chair of Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Sutter Roseville Hospital, Roseville, CA
Member of Peer Review committee, Sutter Roseville Hospital, Roseville, CA
Former member of Infection Control committee, Sutter Roseville Hospital, Roseville, CA
Former Volunteer Clinical Faculty, UC Davis Medical Center
Volunteer Clinical Faculty, Cal North State University Medical School

Recent Awards:

2019 Sutter Patient Choice Award
2018 Sacramento Top Doctors award
2017 Sacramento Top Doctors award
2016 Sacramento Top Doctors award

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The Open Payments database is a federal tool used to search payments made by drug and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals. It can be found at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.

New Law Requires Notice to Patients About Open Payments Database
Pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 1278, physicians will soon be required to provide a notice to their patients regarding the Open Payments database (used to search payments made by drug and medical device companies to clinicians), which is managed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS. Specifically, this new law requires physicians to do the following beginning January 1, 2023:

At the initial office visit with their patient, a physician must provide either a written or electronic notice of the Database that includes the following text: “The Open Payments database is a federal tool used to search payments made by drug and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals. It can be found at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.” If the physician uses an electronic records system, they must include a record of this notice in the patient’s records. If the physician uses a paper-based records system, then the written notice to the patient must include a signature from the patient (or their representative) and a date of signature. Further, a copy of the written notice must be provided to the patient (or their representative) and included in the patient’s records.
Post a notice regarding the Database at each location where the physician practices, in an area likely to be seen by all persons. That notice must include an internet website link to the Database and the following text: “For informational purposes only, a link to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments web page is provided here. The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that detailed information about payment and other payments of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public.” If a physician is employed by a health care employer, that employer is responsible for meeting this requirement.

Beginning January 1, 2024, a physician who uses a website in their medical practice must conspicuously post the same notice described above in 2) on their website. If a physician is employed by a health care employer, that employer is responsible for meeting this requirement.

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