Charles Grad GASTROENTEROLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Charles Grad

  Explanation of Specialties

CHARLES GRAD is a specialist in GASTROENTEROLOGY. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

GASTROENTEROLOGY: Gastroenterologists treat the functions and diseases of the digestive system.9This field attracts physicians who enjoy doing procedures, but who also like seeing patients in an outpatient setting. Gastroenterology is another sub-specialty of internal medicine. At minimum, gastroenterologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. From there, they need to attend fellowship training for gastroenterology. (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)

  Charles Grad Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	72.4
Final MIPS Score without CPB	66.4
PI Category Score	51
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	65.7

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
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up	Yes
Immunization Registry Reporting	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting	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 Charles Grad

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Charles Grad.

201 SMALLACOMBE DR
SCRANTON, PA 18508
570-961-0171

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Charles Grad

Doctors Groups:

LACKAWANNA MEDICAL GROUP PC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: GEISINGER-COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF SCRANTON

Hospital: WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

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