Robert Wood INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Robert Wood

  Explanation of Specialties

ROBERT WOOD is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include FAMILY PRACTICE, GENERAL PRACTICE, and 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)

FAMILY PRACTICE: Family Practice is a combination of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Ob/Gyn. They are primary care physicians for children and adults, perform well-woman exams and sometimes even deliver babies. (more information)

GENERAL PRACTICE: Also called family doctors or internists, general practitioners often develop an ongoing relationship with you, providing continuity of care. They treat common medical conditions and perform routine exams. They refer you to other medical services or doctors if you need urgent or specialized treatment.A general practitioner focuses on your overall health: physical and mental. They serve an important role in a much wider healthcare system. One of their main goals is to keep you healthy and out of ... (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)

  Robert Wood Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	80.9
Final MIPS Score without CPB	77.1
PI Category Score	73
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	73.1

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.

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Robert Wood

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Robert Wood.

8595 PICARDY AVE
BATON ROUGE, LA 70809
225-763-4900

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Robert Wood

Doctors Groups:

BATON ROUGE GENERAL PHYSICIANS INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER

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