Aafia Azhar INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Aafia Azhar

  Explanation of Specialties

AAFIA AZHAR is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include GERIATRIC MEDICINE.

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)

GERIATRIC MEDICINE: Geriatric medicine is the specialty that involves studying, diagnosing and treating diseases or conditions associated with old age. Geriatric medicine is most commonly used for patients that are over 65 as this is the age where most people begin to experience difficulties with their health.Geriatrician doctors are experts in the study of how each medical condition or medication affects another. A geriatrician is a general physician who also undergoes additional studies in the aging process. They... (more information)

  Aafia Azhar Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	98.3
Final MIPS Score without CPB	92.7
PI Category Score	75.8
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	100

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 Aafia Azhar.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Aafia Azhar

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Aafia Azhar.

7550 OFFICE CITY DR
HOUSTON, TX 77012
713-495-3700

1502 TAUB LOOP
HOUSTON, TX 77030
713-873-4900

1504 TAUB LOOP
HOUSTON, TX 77030
713-873-2000

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Aafia Azhar

Doctors Groups:

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM

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