Luis Velazquez PAIN MANAGEMENT Reviews and Ratings

  About Luis Velazquez

  Explanation of Specialties

LUIS VELAZQUEZ is a specialist in PAIN MANAGEMENT. Other specialties include ANESTHESIOLOGY.

PAIN MANAGEMENT: A pain management specialist is a doctor who evaluates your pain and treats a wide range of pain problems. A pain management doctor treats sudden pain problems such as headaches and many types of long-lasting, chronic, pain such as low back pain. Patients are seen in a pain clinic and can go home the same day. Pain management doctors offer a mix of medication-based treatments and procedures, that can stop the pain at its source. The types of pain treated by a pain management doctor fall into thr... (more information)

ANESTHESIOLOGY: Anesthesiologists perform the sedation for surgery and other procedures. They also provide local anesthesia for mothers during delivery by inserting an epidural in the low back. There is also a sub-specialty of anesthesiology called Pain Medicine. Pain Medicine doctors evaluate and treat patients with various chronic pain conditions. Aspiring anesthesiologists must attend medical school followed by a residency program for anesthesiology. There are numerous subspecialties of anesthesiology the... (more information)

  Luis Velazquez Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	81.2
Final MIPS Score without CPB	71.9
PI Category Score	61
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	70.2

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 Luis Velazquez.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Luis Velazquez

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Luis Velazquez.

1815 E LAKE MEAD BLVD
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV 89030
702-960-4150

8845 W FLAMINGO RD
LAS VEGAS, NV 89147
702-960-4150

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Luis Velazquez

Doctors Groups:

LUIS VELAZQUEZ MD PLLC

Medical Organizations:

Luis Velazquez is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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