Michael Fong ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Michael Fong

  Explanation of Specialties

MICHAEL FONG is a specialist in ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY. Other specialties include CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY), and INTERNAL MEDICINE.

ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY: An advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist cares for people whose heart failure no longer responds to conventional therapies and symptom management. Heart failure specialists perform procedures, manage complex treatments, including ventricular assist devices, and provide advanced heart care for people before and after heart transplant surgery. A heart failure cardiologist typically evaluates a patient’s medical and heart history, and explains heart failure and its management to pati... (more information)

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY): These surgeons operate on the blood vessels throughout the body. They often operate on the aorta (the main artery in the body), carotid arteries (blood vessels to the brain) and they treat varicose veins in the legs. (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)

  Michael Fong Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	93.1
PI Category Score	77
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	100

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 Michael Fong.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Michael Fong

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 6 office locations for Michael Fong.

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 Michael Fong

Doctors Groups:

USC CARE MEDICAL GROUP INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: KECK HOSPITAL OF USC

Hospital: LOS ANGELES GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: USC VERDUGO HILLS HOSPITAL

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