Serge Awasum GASTROENTEROLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Serge Awasum

  Explanation of Specialties

SERGE AWASUM 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)

  Serge Awasum Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	88.5
Final MIPS Score without CPB	85.6
PI Category Score	91
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	78.7

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.

Collection and follow-up on patient experience and satisfaction data on beneficiary engagement	Yes
Diabetes screening	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Tobacco use	Yes
Unhealthy Alcohol Use for Patients with Co-occurring Conditions of Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Ambulatory Care Patients	Yes
Use of certified EHR to capture patient reported outcomes	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 Serge Awasum

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Serge Awasum.

9200 PINECROFT DR
SHENANDOAH, TX 77380
281-205-1111

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Serge Awasum

Doctors Groups:

GREATER HOUSTON DIGESTIVE DISEASE CONSULTANTS

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ASPIRE HOSPITAL

Hospital: HOUSTON METHODIST THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL

Hospital: MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL SYSTEM

Hospital: ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL

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