Vajira Gunawardane PAIN MANAGEMENT Reviews and Ratings

  About Vajira Gunawardane

  Explanation of Specialties

VAJIRA GUNAWARDANE is a specialist in PAIN MANAGEMENT. Other specialties include ANESTHESIOLOGY.

PAIN MANAGEMENT: A pain management specialist is a doctor who evaluates your pain and treats a wide range of pain problems. A pain management doctor treats sudden pain problems such as headaches and many types of long-lasting, chronic, pain such as low back pain. Patients are seen in a pain clinic and can go home the same day. Pain management doctors offer a mix of medication-based treatments and procedures, that can stop the pain at its source. The types of pain treated by a pain management doctor fall into thr... (more information)

ANESTHESIOLOGY: Anesthesiologists perform the sedation for surgery and other procedures. They also provide local anesthesia for mothers during delivery by inserting an epidural in the low back. There is also a sub-specialty of anesthesiology called Pain Medicine. Pain Medicine doctors evaluate and treat patients with various chronic pain conditions. Aspiring anesthesiologists must attend medical school followed by a residency program for anesthesiology. There are numerous subspecialties of anesthesiology the... (more information)

  Vajira Gunawardane Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	78.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	75.2
PI Category Score	97
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	56.6

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.

Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly
e-Prescribing
Collection and use of patient experience and satisfaction data on access	Yes
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	11%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	11%
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Incorporating Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly	1%
Use of Patient Safety Tools	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 Vajira Gunawardane

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 4 office locations for Vajira Gunawardane.

7625 MAPLE LAWN BLVD
FULTON, MD 20759
301-490-6085

826 WASHINGTON RD
WESTMINSTER, MD 21157
410-751-7246

844 WASHINGTON RD
WESTMINSTER, MD 21157
410-751-7246

7625 MAPLE LAWN BLVD
FULTON, MD 20759
301-490-3700

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Vajira Gunawardane

Doctors Groups:

MARYLAND PAIN AND SPINE CENTER LLC

CENTER FOR BRAIN AND NEUROCARE LLC

Medical Organizations:

Vajira Gunawardane is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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