Juan Castano GASTROENTEROLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Juan Castano

  Explanation of Specialties

JUAN CASTANO is a specialist in GASTROENTEROLOGY. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

GASTROENTEROLOGY: Gastroenterologists treat the functions and diseases of the digestive system.9This field attracts physicians who enjoy doing procedures, but who also like seeing patients in an outpatient setting. Gastroenterology is another sub-specialty of internal medicine. At minimum, gastroenterologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. From there, they need to attend fellowship training for gastroenterology. (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)

  Juan Castano Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	81.2
Final MIPS Score without CPB	72.7
PI Category Score	57
IA Category Score	20
Quality Category Score	87.4

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 Juan Castano.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Juan Castano

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Juan Castano.

512 VICTORIA LN
HARLINGEN, TX 78550
956-365-4400

720 N 77 SUNSHINESTRIP
HARLINGEN, TX 78550
956-365-4400

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Juan Castano

Doctors Groups:

GASTROENTEROLOGY CONSULTANTS OF SOUTH TEXAS, PLLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: DOCTORS HOSPTAL AT RENAISSANCE

Hospital: HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: RIO GRANDE REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Hospital: VHS HARLINGEN HOSPITAL COMPANY LLC

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