Richard Whitlow INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Richard Whitlow

  Explanation of Specialties

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

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)

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)

  Richard Whitlow Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	89.2
Final MIPS Score without CPB	85.7
PI Category Score	74
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	88.2

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.

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Richard Whitlow

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Richard Whitlow.

711 MARSHALL ST
LEAVENWORTH, KS 66048
913-684-1100

1001 6TH AVE
LEAVENWORTH, KS 66048
No phone number available

412 E WALNUT ST
NORTONVILLE, KS 66060
913-886-6400

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Richard Whitlow

Doctors Groups:

SAINT LUKES PHYSICIAN GROUP INC

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: AQUINAS/CARONDELET HOME HEALTH

Hospice: CATHOLIC COMM HOSPICE

Hospice: GENTIVA

Hospital: F W HUSTON MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: SAINT JOHN HOSPITAL

Hospital: SAINT LUKE'S SOUTH HOSPITAL

Hospital: SAINT LUKES NORTH HOSPITAL

Hospital: ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF KANSAS CITY

Nursing Home: Anew Healthcare Easton

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