Ricardo Blanco PULMONARY DISEASE Reviews and Ratings

  About Ricardo Blanco

  Explanation of Specialties

RICARDO BLANCO is a specialist in PULMONARY DISEASE. Other specialties include CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), and SLEEP MEDICINE.

PULMONARY DISEASE: Pulmonologists treat the cardio-pulmonary system, which consists of the heart, lungs, and organs involved in the respiratory process. They may work in office settings to treat patients with breathing disorders, severe allergies, lung problems, and other respiratory diseases. They may also treat patients with pulmonary disease who are in the intensive care unit (ICU). Aspiring pulmonologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. They then attend fellowship training for... (more information)

CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS): A critical care medicine doctor (sometimes called an “intensivist”) is a type of specialist with specific expertise in the diagnosis, treatment, and support of critically ill and injured patients, such as trauma victims and patients with multiple organ dysfunction. A critical care medicine doctor is also well-versed in the technological procedures and devices used in intensive care settings, as well as issues such as end-of-life decisions, advance directives, estimating prognosis, and counse... (more information)

SLEEP MEDICINE: Sleep medicine is a medical subspecialty focused on diagnosing and treating sleep disorders and other sleep-related concerns. Sleep disorders are common and, if left untreated, can have significant long-term consequences, such as increased risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Sleep physicians, sometimes called somnologists, come from a variety of medical specialties, but they all have training in sleep medicine. To receive board certification in sleep medicine, doctors m... (more information)

  Ricardo Blanco Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	98.3
Final MIPS Score without CPB	91.9
PI Category Score	77.8
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	97.1

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 Ricardo Blanco

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Ricardo Blanco.

1203 S TYLER ST
COVINGTON, LA 70433
985-892-9143

1514 JEFFERSON HWY
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70121
504-842-3000

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Ricardo Blanco

Doctors Groups:

ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO 1

OCHSNER CLINIC LLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: NORTH OAKS MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER - BATON ROUGE

Hospital: OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER ACUTE

Hospital: RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL

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