Richard Santostefano PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Richard Santostefano

  Explanation of Specialties

RICHARD SANTOSTEFANO is a specialist in PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT. No other specialties were noted.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT: A physician’s assistant (PA) is a licensed clinician who practices medicine in partnership with doctors. In the United States, the role was created to respond to a shortage of doctors during the mid-1960s. Today, PAs play an essential role in areas with limited medical access. They work semi-autonomously and must work in association with a physician. This may be a medical doctor (MD) or a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO). The physician doesn’t necessarily need to be on-site when the PA pe... (more information)

  Richard Santostefano Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	98.2
PI Category Score	95.6
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	99

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 Richard Santostefano.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Richard Santostefano

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Richard Santostefano.

1448 10TH AVE
HUNTINGTON, WV 25701
304-529-0753

1600 MEDICAL CTR DR
HUNTINGTON, WV 25701
No phone number available

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Richard Santostefano

Doctors Groups:

UNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, INC

Medical Organizations:

Richard Santostefano is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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