Rafael Garcia-cortes ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Rafael Garcia-cortes

  Explanation of Specialties

RAFAEL GARCIA-CORTES is a specialist in ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY. Other specialties include CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY), and INTERNAL MEDICINE.

ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY: An advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist cares for people whose heart failure no longer responds to conventional therapies and symptom management. Heart failure specialists perform procedures, manage complex treatments, including ventricular assist devices, and provide advanced heart care for people before and after heart transplant surgery. A heart failure cardiologist typically evaluates a patient’s medical and heart history, and explains heart failure and its management to pati... (more information)

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY): These surgeons operate on the blood vessels throughout the body. They often operate on the aorta (the main artery in the body), carotid arteries (blood vessels to the brain) and they treat varicose veins in the legs. (more information)

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)

  Rafael Garcia-cortes Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	98.2
PI Category Score	94.4
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	99.9

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.

Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Chronic Care and Preventative Care Management for Empaneled Patients	Yes
Clinical Data Registry Reporting	Yes
Depression screening	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Incorporating Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Tobacco use	Yes
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	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 Rafael Garcia-cortes

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 16 office locations for Rafael Garcia-cortes.

13500 N MERIDIAN ST
CARMEL, IN 46032
317-582-7000

2001 W 86TH ST
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46260
317-338-2345

8333 NAAB RD
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46260
317-338-6666

8433 HARCOURT RD
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46260
317-583-7600

10580 N MERIDIAN ST
CARMEL, IN 46290
317-583-5000

10590 N MERIDIAN ST
CARMEL, IN 46290
No phone number available

12 CHASE PARK
LOGANSPORT, IN 46947
317-583-7600

301 HENRY ST
NORTH VERNON, IN 47265
812-352-4427

301 HENRY ST
NORTH VERNON, IN 47265
812-352-4300

1000 N 16TH ST
NEW CASTLE, IN 47362
No phone number available

1185 N 1000
LINTON, IN 47441
812-847-2281

412 N MONROE ST
WILLIAMSPORT, IN 47993
765-762-4056

1300 N MAIN ST
RUSHVILLE, IN 46173
765-932-4111

1310 N MAIN ST
RUSHVILLE, IN 46173
765-932-7075

110 E 13TH ST
RUSHVILLE, IN 46173
765-932-7591

8414 NAAB RD
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46260
317-338-7510

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Rafael Garcia-cortes

Doctors Groups:

ST VINCENT MEDICAL GROUP INC

RUSH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

ST VINCENT PHYSICIAN SERVICES HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE CENTER

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ASCENSION ST VINCENT HOSPITAL

Hospital: ASCENSION ST VINCENT KOKOMO

Hospital: GREENE COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL

Hospital: INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH

Hospital: ST VINCENT HEART CENTER

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