Christopher Rassekh OTOLARYNGOLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Christopher Rassekh

  Explanation of Specialties

CHRISTOPHER RASSEKH is a specialist in OTOLARYNGOLOGY. Other specialties include PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY, and SURGICAL ONCOLOGY.

OTOLARYNGOLOGY: Otolaryngologists are more commonly referred to as ENTs, or ear/nose/throat doctors. Otolaryngology is a field that entails a combination of surgical skills and office-based medicine and treatment. They are required to attend medical school in addition to residency for otolaryngology. ENTs handle a lot of issues, including sinus problems, allergies, head and neck cancers, and more. Because of this, many ENTs attend fellowships for a subspecialty of otolaryngology, such as rhinology, which focuse... (more information)

PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY: Plastic surgery deals with the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, cranio and maxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk, and external genitalia. It uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well.Special knowledge and skill in the design and surgery of grafts, flaps, free tissue transfer and repla... (more information)

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY: These surgeons remove all types of tumors throughout the body, so there can be overlap with other surgical specialties. For example, a breast tumor could be removed by a surgical oncologist, general surgeon or a gynecologic oncologist (more on them below). These surgeons typically operate on soft-tissue tumors called sarcoma and a type of skin melanoma. (more information)

  Christopher Rassekh Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	89.2
Final MIPS Score without CPB	85.3
PI Category Score	78
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	85.2

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.

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Christopher Rassekh

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250 KING OF PRUSSIA RD
RADNOR, PA 19087
610-902-5500

3400 CIVIC CTR BLVD 3RD FLOOR S PAVILION
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104
215-662-2777

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Christopher Rassekh

Doctors Groups:

UNIVERSITY OF PENN-MEDICAL GROUP

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: HOSPITAL OF UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA

Hospital: PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL

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