Paul Lam INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Paul Lam

  Explanation of Specialties

PAUL LAM is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

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)

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)

  Paul Lam Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	90.3
PI Category Score	73
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	96.7

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.

There is no measure or activity data for Paul Lam.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Paul Lam

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Paul Lam.

1 BROOKDALE PLZ
BROOKLYN, NY 11212
718-240-7143

234 E 149TH ST
BRONX, NY 10451
718-579-5000

1545 ATLANTIC AVE
BROOKLYN, NY 11213
718-613-4000

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Paul Lam

Doctors Groups:

BROOKDALE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

DOWNTOWN BRONX MEDICAL ASSOCIATES PC

INTERFAITH PROFESSIONAL PHYSICIAN SERVICES PC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: BROOKDALE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

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