Richard Williams GENERAL SURGERY Reviews and Ratings

  About Richard Williams

  Explanation of Specialties

RICHARD WILLIAMS is a specialist in GENERAL SURGERY. Other specialties include NUCLEAR MEDICINE, and THORACIC SURGERY.

GENERAL SURGERY: Most surgeons begin their training as general surgeons, then can sub-specialize or stay general surgeons. General surgeons perform gall bladder removals, hernia repairs, and some breast and skin surgery. (more information)

NUCLEAR MEDICINE: Nuclear medicine is a specialized area of radiology that uses very small amounts of radioactive materials, or radiopharmaceuticals, to examine organ function and structure. Nuclear medicine imaging is a combination of many different disciplines. These include chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer technology, and medicine. This branch of radiology is often used to help diagnose and treat abnormalities very early in the progression of a disease, such as thyroid cancer.Because X-rays pass throu... (more information)

THORACIC SURGERY: Thoracic surgeons -- who are often grouped with cardiac, or heart, specialists for cardiothoracic surgery -- operate on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and major blood vessels inside the chest, as well as the bony structures and tissues that form and support the chest cavity.Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing one person every 36 seconds. Experts estimate that someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. Lung cancer is the third most common cancer and the leadi... (more information)

  Richard Williams Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	92.6
Final MIPS Score without CPB	86.6
PI Category Score	100
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	75.6

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.

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Richard Williams

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211 4TH ST
ALEXANDRIA, LA 71301
318-767-5878

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Richard Williams

Doctors Groups:

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY OF ALEXANDRIA LLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL

Hospital: RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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