Edward Poon INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Edward Poon

  Explanation of Specialties

EDWARD POON is a specialist in INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Other specialties include INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT.

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY: Interventional radiology (IR) is a way to diagnose and treat cancer and other conditions without major surgery.With IR, your doctor looks inside your body with imaging tests such as ultrasounds, CT scans, or MRIs. Then they use small tools, like needles and tubes, to do a procedure or give treatment right where you need it. During these procedures, your doctor can put tools into your body through tiny cuts that can be as small as a pinhole. Interventional radiology helps with cancer in a number ... (more information)

INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT: If you’re in pain, interventional pain management can help you reduce pain and get you back to your life. Practitioners use cutting-edge treatment options along with holistic therapies. For example, a patient may receive nerve blocks or facet joint injections, along with reduced medication doses and physical therapy or chiropractic care to address the root of their pain issue. Practitioners look at the patient as a whole person, rather than just their pain. Because of this, interventional pain... (more information)

  Edward Poon Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	89.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	85.8
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	83.3

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.

Documentation of Signed Opioid Treatment Agreement
Evaluation or Interview for Risk of Opioid Misuse
Opioid Therapy Follow-up Evaluation
Overuse of Imaging for the Evaluation of Primary Headache
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up	Yes
Falls: Risk Assessment	100%
Tobacco use	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 Edward Poon

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Edward Poon.

3860 MASTHEAD ST NE
ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87109
505-796-9047

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Edward Poon

Doctors Groups:

Edward Poon is not associated with any doctor groups.

Medical Organizations:

Edward Poon is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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