Michael Braunstein GASTROENTEROLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Michael Braunstein

  Explanation of Specialties

MICHAEL BRAUNSTEIN 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)

  Michael Braunstein Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	98.6
Final MIPS Score without CPB	94.2
PI Category Score	80.8
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	100

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.

Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Drug Cost Transparency	Yes
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up	Yes
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results	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
Use of telehealth services that expand practice access	Yes

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Michael Braunstein

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Michael Braunstein.

1111 BROADHOLLOW RD
FARMINGDALE, NY 11735
631-226-6717

566 BROADWAY
MASSAPEQUA, NY 11758
516-795-7750

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Michael Braunstein

Doctors Groups:

Michael Braunstein is not associated with any doctor groups.

Medical Organizations:

Michael Braunstein is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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