Tarak Patel INFECTIOUS DISEASE Reviews and Ratings

  About Tarak Patel

  Explanation of Specialties

TARAK PATEL is a specialist in INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Infectious disease physicians deal with infections that are hard to diagnose or treat. They also treat serious infections such as the swine flu, bird flu, HIV/AIDS, and other infectious diseases. After medical school, infectious disease physicians must attend an internal medicine residency followed by fellowship training for infectious diseases. (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)

  Tarak Patel Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	95.2
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	94.4

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.

Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling
Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record	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 Tarak Patel

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Tarak Patel.

1224 AUGUSTA W PKWY
AUGUSTA, GA 30909
706-922-0191

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Tarak Patel

Doctors Groups:

Tarak Patel is not associated with any doctor groups.

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: DOCTORS HOSPITAL

Hospital: PIEDMONT AUGUSTA HOSPITAL

  Other Doctors in the Area Specializing in INFECTIOUS DISEASE that are similar to Tarak Patel

Sometimes the doctor you see isn't a good fit or you want to get a second opinions. This is a list of nearby doctors with the same specialization as Tarak Patel.

• ASHLEY HUGGETT
• ZOHEB SULAIMAN
• FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ-MUNOZ
• DAVID SCHULTE
• CHERYL NEWMAN
• ANDREA GONZALEZ
• GINA ASKAR
• JOSE VAZQUEZ
• JAMES GRUBBS
• JAMES WILDE
• ANDREW CHAO
• KEPLER DAVIS
• RICHARD KILGORE