Venkatesh Krishnamurthy SLEEP MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Venkatesh Krishnamurthy

  Explanation of Specialties

VENKATESH KRISHNAMURTHY is a specialist in SLEEP MEDICINE. Other specialties include PSYCHIATRY, and PULMONARY DISEASE.

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)

PSYCHIATRY: Psychiatrics see people with various mental health issues, such as depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. They also have the credentials to prescribe medications for these conditions, which sets them apart from psychologists and counselors. After medical school and residency for psychiatry, some psychiatrists attend fellowships for a subspecialty. There are a number of different specialty areas within psychiatry, including child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction medicine, or eating disorder... (more information)

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)

  Venkatesh Krishnamurthy Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	96.7
Final MIPS Score without CPB	91
PI Category Score	70
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 Venkatesh Krishnamurthy.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Venkatesh Krishnamurthy

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 4 office locations for Venkatesh Krishnamurthy.

600 OXFORD DR
MONROEVILLE, PA 15146
412-692-4400

200 LOTHROP ST
PITTSBURGH, PA 15213
No phone number available

3459 5TH AVE
PITTSBURGH, PA 15213
412-648-6161

3459 5TH AVE
PITTSBURGH, PA 15213
412-802-3043

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Venkatesh Krishnamurthy

Doctors Groups:

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PHYSICIANS

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: UPMC MERCY

Hospital: UPMC PRESBYTERIAN SHADYSIDE

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