Laura Pestana GASTROENTEROLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Laura Pestana

  Explanation of Specialties

LAURA PESTANA is a specialist in GASTROENTEROLOGY. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

GASTROENTEROLOGY: Gastroenterologists treat the functions and diseases of the digestive system.9This field attracts physicians who enjoy doing procedures, but who also like seeing patients in an outpatient setting. Gastroenterology is another sub-specialty of internal medicine. At minimum, gastroenterologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. From there, they need to attend fellowship training for gastroenterology. (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)

  Laura Pestana Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	79.1
Final MIPS Score without CPB	74.4
PI Category Score	66
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	71.9

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.

Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
Chronic Care and Preventative Care Management for Empaneled Patients	Yes
Clinical Data Registry Reporting	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Public Health Registry Reporting	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
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	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 Laura Pestana

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Laura Pestana.

782 E HARDING WAY
STOCKTON, CA 95204
209-546-5200

10000 SE MAIN ST
PORTLAND, OR 97216
503-255-3054

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Laura Pestana

Doctors Groups:

DIGNITY HEALTH MEDICAL FOUNDATION

PORTLAND ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ADVENTIST HEALTH PORTLAND

Hospital: ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON

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