Dennis Block UNDERSEA AND HYPERBARIC MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Dennis Block

  Explanation of Specialties

DENNIS BLOCK is a specialist in UNDERSEA AND HYPERBARIC MEDICINE. Other specialties include EMERGENCY MEDICINE, and PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.

UNDERSEA AND HYPERBARIC MEDICINE: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine involves the prevention of injury and illness from exposure to environments with increased ambient pressure (such as in diving or hyperbaric chamber exposure), and the therapeutic use of high-environmental pressure and the delivery of oxygen under high pressure to treat disease. The scope of the subspecialty emphasizes the occupational, environmental, safety, and clinical aspects of diving, hyperbaric chamber operations, compressed air work, and hyperbaric oxygen... (more information)

EMERGENCY MEDICINE: Emergency Medicine physicians are the doctors in the ER. They see a wide variety of conditions from cuts and burns to infections to heart attacks when they first occur. They are on the front lines of healthcare and often call in additional specialists like surgeons and cardiologist to care for patients. (more information)

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE: Preventive medicine is exactly what it sounds like — it aims to prevent sickness before it happens. The ideology behind preventive medicine focuses on protecting, promoting, and maintaining health and well-being. It also aims to avert disease, disability, and death on an individual basis, as well as on a large scale in communities and populations. Preventive medicine is promoted by all physicians, though some choose to specialize in it. Physicians in this specialty use biostatistics and epidem... (more information)

  Dennis Block Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	99.9
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	99.9

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 Dennis Block.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Dennis Block

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 6 office locations for Dennis Block.

400 SW LONGVIEW BLVD
LEES SUMMIT, MO 64081
337-991-9276

1003 S CEDAR ST
BELTON, MO 64012
816-331-0781

201 NWR D MIZE RD
BLUE SPRINGS, MO 64014
816-228-5655

5500 W 123RD ST
OVERLAND PARK, KS 66209
913-317-2600

12100 W 109TH ST
OVERLAND PARK, KS 66210
816-822-0050

9100 PARK ST
LENEXA, KS 66215
337-991-9276

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Dennis Block

Doctors Groups:

CH SPECIALTY SERVICES MO LLC

CURANA HEALTH OF MISSOURI-KANSAS LLC

CH SPECIALTY SERVICES KS LLC

Medical Organizations:

Dennis Block is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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