Benjamin Westbrook THORACIC SURGERY Reviews and Ratings

  About Benjamin Westbrook

  Explanation of Specialties

BENJAMIN WESTBROOK is a specialist in THORACIC SURGERY. Other specialties include VASCULAR SURGERY.

THORACIC SURGERY: Thoracic surgeons -- who are often grouped with cardiac, or heart, specialists for cardiothoracic surgery -- operate on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and major blood vessels inside the chest, as well as the bony structures and tissues that form and support the chest cavity.Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing one person every 36 seconds. Experts estimate that someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. Lung cancer is the third most common cancer and the leadi... (more information)

VASCULAR SURGERY: A vascular surgeon has expertise in the diagnosis and management of patients with disorders of the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems, excluding vessels of the brain and the heart. Certified Vascular Surgeons have significant experience in providing comprehensive care to patients with all types of vascular disease, including diagnosis, medical treatment and reconstructive vascular surgical and endovascular techniques. Common interventions performed by vascular surgeons include the opening of... (more information)

  Benjamin Westbrook Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	94.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	89.5
PI Category Score	72.7
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	95.4

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.

Patient Centered Surgical Risk Assessment and Communication for Cardiac Surgery
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG): Preoperative Beta-Blocker in Patients with Isolated CABG Surgery	100%
Perioperative Care: Selection of Prophylactic Antibiotic - First OR Second-Generation Cephalosporin	100%

These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Benjamin Westbrook

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Benjamin Westbrook.

160 S RIVER RD
BEDFORD, NH 31106
603-665-5150

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Benjamin Westbrook

Doctors Groups:

CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: GRANITE VNA, INC

Hospital: CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: SOUTHERN NH MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL

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