Carlos Portu INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Carlos Portu

  Explanation of Specialties

CARLOS PORTU is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY), GERIATRIC MEDICINE, and NUCLEAR MEDICINE.

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)

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY): These surgeons operate on the blood vessels throughout the body. They often operate on the aorta (the main artery in the body), carotid arteries (blood vessels to the brain) and they treat varicose veins in the legs. (more information)

GERIATRIC MEDICINE: Geriatric medicine is the specialty that involves studying, diagnosing and treating diseases or conditions associated with old age. Geriatric medicine is most commonly used for patients that are over 65 as this is the age where most people begin to experience difficulties with their health.Geriatrician doctors are experts in the study of how each medical condition or medication affects another. A geriatrician is a general physician who also undergoes additional studies in the aging process. They... (more information)

NUCLEAR MEDICINE: Nuclear medicine is a specialized area of radiology that uses very small amounts of radioactive materials, or radiopharmaceuticals, to examine organ function and structure. Nuclear medicine imaging is a combination of many different disciplines. These include chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer technology, and medicine. This branch of radiology is often used to help diagnose and treat abnormalities very early in the progression of a disease, such as thyroid cancer.Because X-rays pass throu... (more information)

  Carlos Portu Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	99.3
Final MIPS Score without CPB	94.7
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	93.4

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 Carlos Portu.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Carlos Portu

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Carlos Portu.

12250 TAMIAMI TRL E
NAPLES, FL 34113
239-235-7908

950 MANATEE RD
NAPLES, FL 34114
239-235-7908

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Carlos Portu

Doctors Groups:

CARLOS PORTU MD PLLC

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: MEDERI CARETENDERS

Hospice: AVOW HOSPICE INC

Hospital: NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Hospital: PHYSICIANS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - PINE RIDGE

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