Joseph Gathe INFECTIOUS DISEASE Reviews and Ratings

  About Joseph Gathe

  Explanation of Specialties

JOSEPH GATHE is a specialist in INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Infectious disease physicians deal with infections that are hard to diagnose or treat. They also treat serious infections such as the swine flu, bird flu, HIV/AIDS, and other infectious diseases. After medical school, infectious disease physicians must attend an internal medicine residency followed by fellowship training for infectious diseases. (more information)

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)

  Joseph Gathe Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	98.8
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	98.6

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.

Advance Care Plan
Breast Cancer Screening
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention
Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up	Yes
Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes

These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Joseph Gathe

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Joseph Gathe.

4900 FANNIN ST
HOUSTON, TX 77004
713-526-9821

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Joseph Gathe

Doctors Groups:

Joseph Gathe is not associated with any doctor groups.

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: DOCTOR?S CHOICE HOME CARE

Hospital: HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE MEDICAL CENTER

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