Salman Ahmad FAMILY PRACTICE Reviews and Ratings

  About Salman Ahmad

  Explanation of Specialties

SALMAN AHMAD is a specialist in FAMILY PRACTICE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

FAMILY PRACTICE: Family Practice is a combination of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Ob/Gyn. They are primary care physicians for children and adults, perform well-woman exams and sometimes even deliver babies. (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)

  Salman Ahmad Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	90.5
Final MIPS Score without CPB	80.9
PI Category Score	43
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	96.3

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.

Advance Care Plan
Dementia: Education and Support of Caregivers for Patients with Dementia
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information
e-Prescribing
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Incorporating Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion	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 Salman Ahmad

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Salman Ahmad.

2345 50TH ST
LUBBOCK, TX 79412
806-701-5797

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Salman Ahmad

Doctors Groups:

Salman Ahmad is not associated with any doctor groups.

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: AMERICAN STAR HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE CARE INC

Hospice: INTERIM HOSPICE OF WEST TEXAS

Hospice: AMERICAN STAR HOME HEALTH CARE INC

Hospital: COVENANT HOSPITAL PLAINVIEW

Nursing Home: Plainview Healthcare Center

Nursing Home: Prairie House Living Center

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