Richard Weisenburger OTOLARYNGOLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Richard Weisenburger

  Explanation of Specialties

RICHARD WEISENBURGER is a specialist in OTOLARYNGOLOGY. Other specialties include ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY, and PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.

OTOLARYNGOLOGY: Otolaryngologists are more commonly referred to as ENTs, or ear/nose/throat doctors. Otolaryngology is a field that entails a combination of surgical skills and office-based medicine and treatment. They are required to attend medical school in addition to residency for otolaryngology. ENTs handle a lot of issues, including sinus problems, allergies, head and neck cancers, and more. Because of this, many ENTs attend fellowships for a subspecialty of otolaryngology, such as rhinology, which focuse... (more information)

ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY: An allergist-immunologist specializes in caring for people with allergies, asthma, and other diseases of the immune system. Allergists-immunologists with a background in internal medicine take care of adults and those with a background in pediatrics take care of children. Known commonly as allergists, these specialists are highly skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of immune system disorders and in helping people take an active role in preventing and treating allergy symptoms. An allergist ty... (more information)

PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY: Plastic surgery deals with the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, cranio and maxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk, and external genitalia. It uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well.Special knowledge and skill in the design and surgery of grafts, flaps, free tissue transfer and repla... (more information)

  Richard Weisenburger Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	89.7
Final MIPS Score without CPB	86.3
PI Category Score	65
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	94.2

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.

Advance Care Plan
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Acute Otitis Externa (AOE): Systemic Antimicrobial Therapy - Avoidance of Inappropriate Use	100%
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up	Yes
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	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

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

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Richard Weisenburger

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Richard Weisenburger.

145 MEDICAL PARK LN
MURPHY, NC 28906
828-837-3223

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Richard Weisenburger

Doctors Groups:

Richard Weisenburger is not associated with any doctor groups.

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ERLANGER MURPHY MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: RUTHERFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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