Santhosh Augustine GASTROENTEROLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Santhosh Augustine

  Explanation of Specialties

SANTHOSH AUGUSTINE is a specialist in GASTROENTEROLOGY. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

GASTROENTEROLOGY: Gastroenterologists treat the functions and diseases of the digestive system.9This field attracts physicians who enjoy doing procedures, but who also like seeing patients in an outpatient setting. Gastroenterology is another sub-specialty of internal medicine. At minimum, gastroenterologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. From there, they need to attend fellowship training for gastroenterology. (more information)

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)

  Santhosh Augustine Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	94.4
Final MIPS Score without CPB	85
PI Category Score	98
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	73.9

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.

Colorectal Cancer Screening
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up	Yes
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Incorporating Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly	2%

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

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Santhosh Augustine

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Santhosh Augustine.

101 W 27TH ST
LUMBERTON, NC 28358
910-739-0770

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Santhosh Augustine

Doctors Groups:

Santhosh Augustine is not associated with any doctor groups.

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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