Richard Ruffin HOSPITALIST Reviews and Ratings

  About Richard Ruffin

  Explanation of Specialties

RICHARD RUFFIN is a specialist in HOSPITALIST. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

HOSPITALIST: A hospitalist is a subspecialty of physician who treats patients solely in a hospital. Hospitalists practice what is known as hospital medicine, a medical specialty centered on the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Hospitalists do not maintain outside practices but provide exclusive care to patients during their hospital stay. This improves the oversight and consistency of care for patients while providing a timely response outside of your primary doctor's usual hospital rounds (times w... (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)

  Richard Ruffin Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	92.5
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	91.2

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 Ruffin.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Richard Ruffin

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Richard Ruffin.

80 SEYMOUR ST
HARTFORD, CT 61028
No phone number available

71 HAYNES ST
MANCHESTER, CT 60404
860-646-1222

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Richard Ruffin

Doctors Groups:

HARTFORD HOSPITAL

HOSPITALIST MEDICINE PHYSICIANS OF CONNECTICUT LLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: HARTFORD HOSPITAL

Hospital: MANCHESTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Hospital: ROCKVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL

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