Ryan Thompson, MD
Ryan Thompson, MD
About Ryan Thompson, MD
Dr. Ryan Thompson is a general internist at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He sees outpatients at MGH Internal Medicine Associates, and inpatients as part of the Complex Care and Bigelow Teaching Services. Dr. Thompson currently serves as Medical Director of Care Continuum and Complex Care for MGH and the Mass General Physicians Organization (MGPO). In this role he oversees care transitions and admission/readmission avoidance programs across the hospital, including the MGH Home Hospital and Stay Connected Programs. He also serves as the director of the inpatient McGovern Service and Complex Care Service in the MGH Department of Medicine. He co-founded and co-directs the annual Health Policy Course for Mass General Brigham Graduate Medical Education. He earned his medical degree from the University of Utah, and completed his internal medicine residency training at MGH, followed by a year as chief resident. He was the first graduate of the Fellowship in Health Policy and Management in the MGPO, during which he earned a Masters of Public Health degree from Harvard.
Clinical Interests:
- General internal medicine
- Medically complex inpatients (Complex Care Service)
- Quality Improvement
- Care coordination
- Metabolic syndrome
- Adult primary care medicine
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Internal Medicine Associates Team 1
15 Parkman Street
Boston, MA 02114-3117
Phone: 617-726-3456
Fax: 617-724-9666
Medical Education
- MD, University of Utah School of Medicine
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- AllWays Health (NHP) - ACD
- AllWays Health (NHP) - PBO
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - ACD
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - Rhode Island
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare - ACD
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
- Well Sense Pediatrics
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Research interests:
1) strategies to reduce avoidable admissions and readmissions to the hospital, in particular for high risk patients;
2) innovations to improve continuity of care for patients across the health care continuum;
3) health care delivery innovations that lead to improved quality, better patient experience, and/or lower costs of care;
4) programs to improve the education of residents, fellows, and medical students in health policy and quality improvement.
Patient Gateway
Secure online access to your health information whenever you need it. Check appointments, communicate with your provider and pay bills online 24/7.
#1 Research Hospital in America
Mass General is the #1 Research Hospital in America and the only hospital to be recognized in all 16 specialties assessed by U.S. News & World Report.