Vaughn Starnes CARDIAC SURGERY Reviews and Ratings

  About Vaughn Starnes

  Explanation of Specialties

VAUGHN STARNES is a specialist in CARDIAC SURGERY. Other specialties include GENERAL SURGERY, and THORACIC SURGERY.

CARDIAC SURGERY: A cardiac surgeon is a medical doctor who has advanced education and training in performing surgery on the heart and the major blood vessels around it. They may belong to different specialties or may choose to specialize in certain types of heart procedures, such as procedures done on children. (more information)

GENERAL SURGERY: Most surgeons begin their training as general surgeons, then can sub-specialize or stay general surgeons. General surgeons perform gall bladder removals, hernia repairs, and some breast and skin surgery. (more information)

THORACIC SURGERY: Thoracic surgeons -- who are often grouped with cardiac, or heart, specialists for cardiothoracic surgery -- operate on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and major blood vessels inside the chest, as well as the bony structures and tissues that form and support the chest cavity.Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing one person every 36 seconds. Experts estimate that someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. Lung cancer is the third most common cancer and the leadi... (more information)

  Vaughn Starnes Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	89.4
Final MIPS Score without CPB	82.6
PI Category Score	72
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	83.6

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 Vaughn Starnes.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Vaughn Starnes

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 6 office locations for Vaughn Starnes.

1520 SAN PABLO ST 1ST FLOOR N
LOS ANGELES, CA 90033
800-872-2273

1520 SAN PABLO ST
LOS ANGELES, CA 90033
800-872-2273

1520 SAN PABLO ST
LOS ANGELES, CA 90033
800-872-2273

1500 SAN PABLO ST
LOS ANGELES, CA 90033
No phone number available

1516 SAN PABLO ST
LOS ANGELES, CA 90033
800-872-2273

1516 SAN PABLO ST
LOS ANGELES, CA 90033
800-872-2273

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Vaughn Starnes

Doctors Groups:

USC CARE MEDICAL GROUP INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: KECK HOSPITAL OF USC

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