Richard Desmond INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Richard Desmond

  Explanation of Specialties

RICHARD DESMOND is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include PULMONARY DISEASE.

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)

PULMONARY DISEASE: Pulmonologists treat the cardio-pulmonary system, which consists of the heart, lungs, and organs involved in the respiratory process. They may work in office settings to treat patients with breathing disorders, severe allergies, lung problems, and other respiratory diseases. They may also treat patients with pulmonary disease who are in the intensive care unit (ICU). Aspiring pulmonologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. They then attend fellowship training for... (more information)

  Richard Desmond Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	96.6
Final MIPS Score without CPB	92.2
PI Category Score	86
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	93.4

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.

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Richard Desmond

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13303 JAMAICA AVE
JAMAICA, NY 11418
718-206-6923

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Richard Desmond

Doctors Groups:

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: VNS OF NY HOME CARE CHHA

Hospital: NYU LANGONE HOSPITALS

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