Christopher Brown PULMONARY DISEASE Reviews and Ratings

  About Christopher Brown

  Explanation of Specialties

CHRISTOPHER BROWN is a specialist in PULMONARY DISEASE. Other specialties include CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), and SLEEP MEDICINE.

PULMONARY DISEASE: Pulmonologists treat the cardio-pulmonary system, which consists of the heart, lungs, and organs involved in the respiratory process. They may work in office settings to treat patients with breathing disorders, severe allergies, lung problems, and other respiratory diseases. They may also treat patients with pulmonary disease who are in the intensive care unit (ICU). Aspiring pulmonologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. They then attend fellowship training for... (more information)

CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS): A critical care medicine doctor (sometimes called an “intensivist”) is a type of specialist with specific expertise in the diagnosis, treatment, and support of critically ill and injured patients, such as trauma victims and patients with multiple organ dysfunction. A critical care medicine doctor is also well-versed in the technological procedures and devices used in intensive care settings, as well as issues such as end-of-life decisions, advance directives, estimating prognosis, and counse... (more information)

SLEEP MEDICINE: Sleep medicine is a medical subspecialty focused on diagnosing and treating sleep disorders and other sleep-related concerns. Sleep disorders are common and, if left untreated, can have significant long-term consequences, such as increased risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Sleep physicians, sometimes called somnologists, come from a variety of medical specialties, but they all have training in sleep medicine. To receive board certification in sleep medicine, doctors m... (more information)

  Christopher Brown Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	87.9
Final MIPS Score without CPB	79.8
PI Category Score	73
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	77.9

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 Christopher Brown

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Christopher Brown.

1100 VAN NESS AVE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94109
415-923-3421

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Christopher Brown

Doctors Groups:

SAN FRANCISCO CRITICAL CARE MED GROUP INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER - MISSION BERNAL

Hospital: CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER- VAN NESS CAMPUS

Hospital: CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CTR-DAVIES CAMPUS HOSP

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