Farzana Afroza GERIATRIC MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Farzana Afroza

  Explanation of Specialties

FARZANA AFROZA is a specialist in GERIATRIC MEDICINE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

GERIATRIC MEDICINE: Geriatric medicine is the specialty that involves studying, diagnosing and treating diseases or conditions associated with old age. Geriatric medicine is most commonly used for patients that are over 65 as this is the age where most people begin to experience difficulties with their health.Geriatrician doctors are experts in the study of how each medical condition or medication affects another. A geriatrician is a general physician who also undergoes additional studies in the aging process. They... (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)

  Farzana Afroza Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	77
Final MIPS Score without CPB	67
PI Category Score	100
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	40

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.

Advance Care Planning	Yes
Anticoagulant Management Improvements	Yes
Chronic Care and Preventative Care Management for Empaneled Patients	Yes
Collection and follow-up on patient experience and satisfaction data on beneficiary engagement	Yes
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Depression screening	Yes
Electronic Case Reporting	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Immunization Registry Reporting	Yes
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop	Yes
Implementation of episodic care management practice improvements	Yes
Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
Improved Practices that Disseminate Appropriate Self-Management Materials	Yes
Leadership engagement in regular guidance and demonstrated commitment for implementing practice improvement changes	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
Participation in MOC Part IV	Yes
Participation in private payer CPIA	Yes
Practice Improvements for Bilateral Exchange of Patient Information	Yes
Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record	Yes
Provide Education Opportunities for New Clinicians	Yes
Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)	Yes
Regularly assess the patient experience of care through surveys, advisory councils and/or other mechanisms.	Yes
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
Tobacco use	Yes
e-Prescribing Exclusion	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 Farzana Afroza

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Farzana Afroza.

121 DEKALB AVE
BROOKLYN, NY 11201
718-250-8000

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Farzana Afroza

Doctors Groups:

ATLANTIC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF RHODE ISLAND INCORPORATED

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER - DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

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