Benjamin Kurz GASTROENTEROLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Benjamin Kurz

  Explanation of Specialties

BENJAMIN KURZ 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)

  Benjamin Kurz Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	15.3
Final MIPS Score without CPB	11.5
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	20
Quality Category Score	4.8

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 Benjamin Kurz

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Benjamin Kurz.

5000 HENNESSY BLVD
BATON ROUGE, LA 70808
225-765-6565

6615 PERKINS RD
BATON ROUGE, LA 70808
225-927-1190

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Benjamin Kurz

Doctors Groups:

LSUHN BILLING LLC

TEXAS DIGESTIVE DISEASE CONSULTANTS PLLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: OUR LADY OF THE LAKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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