Lakshmi Shankar INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Lakshmi Shankar

  Explanation of Specialties

LAKSHMI SHANKAR is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. No other specialties were noted.

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)

  Lakshmi Shankar Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	45
Final MIPS Score without CPB	45
PI Category Score
IA Category Score
Quality Category Score

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 Lakshmi Shankar.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Lakshmi Shankar

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Lakshmi Shankar.

206 E BROWN ST
EAST STROUDSBURG, PA 18301
570-421-4000

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Lakshmi Shankar

Doctors Groups:

PENNSYLVANIA HM ASSOCIATES, PC

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: LEHIGH VALLEY HOME CARE

Hospital: LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO

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