Defeng Chen INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Defeng Chen

  Explanation of Specialties

DEFENG CHEN is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include EMERGENCY MEDICINE, and HOSPITALIST.

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)

EMERGENCY MEDICINE: Emergency Medicine physicians are the doctors in the ER. They see a wide variety of conditions from cuts and burns to infections to heart attacks when they first occur. They are on the front lines of healthcare and often call in additional specialists like surgeons and cardiologist to care for patients. (more information)

HOSPITALIST: A hospitalist is a subspecialty of physician who treats patients solely in a hospital. Hospitalists practice what is known as hospital medicine, a medical specialty centered on the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Hospitalists do not maintain outside practices but provide exclusive care to patients during their hospital stay. This improves the oversight and consistency of care for patients while providing a timely response outside of your primary doctor's usual hospital rounds (times w... (more information)

  Defeng Chen Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	94.4
Final MIPS Score without CPB	85
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	82.4

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.

There is no measure or activity data for Defeng Chen.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Defeng Chen

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 5 office locations for Defeng Chen.

1700 E SAUNDERS ST
LAREDO, TX 78041
361-232-3191

345 S WATER ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78401
361-500-0600

600 ELIZABETH ST FL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78404
361-881-3223

600 ELIZABETH ST
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78404
361-881-3811

5726 ESPLANADE DR
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78414
361-906-3700

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Defeng Chen

Doctors Groups:

Defeng Chen is not associated with any doctor groups.

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL CORPUS CHRISTI

Hospital: CORPUS CHRISTI MEDICAL CENTER,THE

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