Andrew Civitello ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Andrew Civitello

  Explanation of Specialties

ANDREW CIVITELLO is a specialist in ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE, and INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY.

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)

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)

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY: Interventional cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. An interventional cardiologist specializes in diagnosing and treating conditions and diseases of the heart and blood vessels using nonsurgical, catheter-based procedures and specialized imaging techniques. Interventional cardiologists treat coronary artery disease, heart valve disorders, and congenital heart disease, among other heart problems. Interventiona... (more information)

  Andrew Civitello 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.

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Andrew Civitello

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Andrew Civitello.

6720 BERTNER AVE
HOUSTON, TX 77030
No phone number available

6770 BERTNER AVE
HOUSTON, TX 77030
713-798-1000

7200 CAMBRIDGE ST
HOUSTON, TX 77030
No phone number available

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Andrew Civitello

Doctors Groups:

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: CHI ST LUKE'S HEALTH BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ME

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