Suganthini Umakanthan INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Suganthini Umakanthan

  Explanation of Specialties

SUGANTHINI UMAKANTHAN is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include GERIATRIC MEDICINE.

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)

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)

  Suganthini Umakanthan Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	95.5
Final MIPS Score without CPB	89.3
PI Category Score	64.3
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 Suganthini Umakanthan.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Suganthini Umakanthan

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Suganthini Umakanthan.

201 LYONS AVE
NEWARK, NJ 71122
973-926-7000

166 LYONS AVE
NEWARK, NJ 71122
973-926-7428

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Suganthini Umakanthan

Doctors Groups:

BARNABAS HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP PC

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: PATIENT CARE

Hospice: BARNABAS HEALTH HOME CARE AND HOSPICE

Hospital: NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER

Nursing Home: South Mountain Hc

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