Bachir Younes INFECTIOUS DISEASE Reviews and Ratings

  About Bachir Younes

  Explanation of Specialties

BACHIR YOUNES is a specialist in INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Infectious disease physicians deal with infections that are hard to diagnose or treat. They also treat serious infections such as the swine flu, bird flu, HIV/AIDS, and other infectious diseases. After medical school, infectious disease physicians must attend an internal medicine residency followed by fellowship training for infectious diseases. (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)

  Bachir Younes Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	100
PI Category Score
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.

Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults
Advance Care Plan
Diabetes Mellitus: Diabetic Foot and Ankle Care, Peripheral Neuropathy - Neurological Evaluation
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention
Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling
Advance Care Planning	Yes
Depression screening	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Falls: Risk Assessment	100%
Financial Navigation Program	Yes
Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs	Yes
Implementation of formal quality improvement methods, practice changes, or other practice improvement processes	Yes
Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results	Yes
Improved Practices that Engage Patients Pre-Visit	Yes
Measurement and Improvement at the Practice and Panel Level	Yes
Participation in Joint Commission Evaluation Initiative	Yes
Patient Medication Risk Education	Yes
Regularly assess the patient experience of care through surveys, advisory councils and/or other mechanisms.	Yes
Tobacco use	Yes
Tracking of clinician's relationship to and responsibility for a patient by reporting MACRA patient relationship codes.	Yes
Use of Patient Safety Tools	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 Bachir Younes

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Bachir Younes.

36923 COOK ST
PALM DESERT, CA 92211
760-636-1336

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Bachir Younes

Doctors Groups:

YOUNES MEDICAL CORPORATION

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: VALLEY CARE HOME HEALTH, INC.

Hospital: EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER

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