Heather Richards INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Heather Richards

  Explanation of Specialties

HEATHER RICHARDS 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)

  Heather Richards Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	98.9
Final MIPS Score without CPB	93.7
PI Category Score	79.1
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	100

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 Heather Richards.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Heather Richards

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Heather Richards.

1307 FEDERAL ST
PITTSBURGH, PA 15212
412-359-3360

1307 FEDERAL ST
PITTSBURGH, PA 15212
412-359-3751

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Heather Richards

Doctors Groups:

ALLEGHENY CLINIC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL

Hospital: WEST PENN HOSPITAL

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