Shivashanker Balasingham INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Shivashanker Balasingham

  Explanation of Specialties

SHIVASHANKER BALASINGHAM 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)

  Shivashanker Balasingham Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	88.7
Final MIPS Score without CPB	84.7
PI Category Score	68
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	89.7

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 Shivashanker Balasingham.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Shivashanker Balasingham

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Shivashanker Balasingham.

2201 S STERLING ST
MORGANTON, NC 28655
828-580-6393

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Shivashanker Balasingham

Doctors Groups:

BLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE MEDICAL GROUP INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: BLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS, INC

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