Richard Close NURSE PRACTITIONER Reviews and Ratings

  About Richard Close

  Explanation of Specialties

RICHARD CLOSE is a specialist in NURSE PRACTITIONER. No other specialties were noted.

NURSE PRACTITIONER: A nurse practitioner is a health care professional who offers a wide range of acute, primary, and specialty care services, either alone or alongside a doctor. As primary care physicians leave the profession faster than they can be replaced, especially in rural areas, nurse practitioners play a larger role as primary care providers. They’re also vital to care in specialized medicine, which has its own physician shortages. There’s a lot of overlap in the roles of nurse practitioners and physic... (more information)

  Richard Close Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	94.1
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	93.1

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.

Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results	Yes
Participation in Joint Commission Evaluation Initiative	Yes
Participation in an AHRQ-listed patient safety organization.	Yes
Use of QCDR data for ongoing practice assessment and improvements	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 Richard Close

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Richard Close.

1005 JOE DIMAGGIO DR
HOLLYWOOD, FL 33021
954-265-5336

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Richard Close

Doctors Groups:

RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF HOLLYWOOD INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WEST

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