Brian Kaufman INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Brian Kaufman

  Explanation of Specialties

BRIAN KAUFMAN is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE, and PAIN MANAGEMENT.

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)

OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE: Osteopathy doctors (DOs) are experts in diagnosing and treating all kinds of conditions using osteopathic manipulative medicine, or OMM for short. OMM is a set of hands-on techniques that DOs use to apply pressure or force to any part of the body. This can: Relieve pain, Improve mobility and range of motion, and Restore function. DOs practice a holistic approach to patient care. Your brain and nervous system tell your heart to beat. In the same way, your skeletal system needs nutrients from the ... (more information)

PAIN MANAGEMENT: A pain management specialist is a doctor who evaluates your pain and treats a wide range of pain problems. A pain management doctor treats sudden pain problems such as headaches and many types of long-lasting, chronic, pain such as low back pain. Patients are seen in a pain clinic and can go home the same day. Pain management doctors offer a mix of medication-based treatments and procedures, that can stop the pain at its source. The types of pain treated by a pain management doctor fall into thr... (more information)

  Brian Kaufman Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	96.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	89
PI Category Score	65.7
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	98.5

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 Brian Kaufman

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1365 BROADWAY
BANGOR, ME 44012
207-942-6226

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Brian Kaufman

Doctors Groups:

NORTHEAST PAIN MANAGEMENT PC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL

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