Tamar Kessel PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION Reviews and Ratings

  About Tamar Kessel

  Explanation of Specialties

TAMAR KESSEL is a specialist in PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION. Other specialties include INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT, PAIN MANAGEMENT, and SPORTS MEDICINE.

PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians, also known as physiatrists, treat a wide variety of medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons. PM&R physicians are medical doctors who have completed training in the specialty of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), and may be subspecialty certified in Brain Injury Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Neuromuscular Medicine, Pain Medicine, Pediatric Rehabilitat... (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)

PAIN MANAGEMENT: A pain management specialist is a doctor who evaluates your pain and treats a wide range of pain problems. A pain management doctor treats sudden pain problems such as headaches and many types of long-lasting, chronic, pain such as low back pain. Patients are seen in a pain clinic and can go home the same day. Pain management doctors offer a mix of medication-based treatments and procedures, that can stop the pain at its source. The types of pain treated by a pain management doctor fall into thr... (more information)

SPORTS MEDICINE: A sports medicine physician has significant specialized training in both the treatment and prevention of illness and injury. They are ideally suited to provide comprehensive medical care for athletes, sports teams or active individuals who are simply looking to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Sports medicine physicians specialize solely in non-surgical sports medicine and serve as team physicians at the youth level, NCAA, NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA, MLS and NHL, as well as with Olympic teams. A Sports M... (more information)

  Tamar Kessel Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	87.3
Final MIPS Score without CPB	84.7
PI Category Score	100
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	72.3

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.

Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization
Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up	Yes
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
Promote Use of Patient-Reported Outcome Tools	Yes
Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)	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 High-Risk Medications in the Elderly	3%

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

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Tamar Kessel

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Tamar Kessel.

6 GREENWICH OFFICE PARK
GREENWICH, CT 68315
203-869-1145

5 HIGH RIDGE PARK
STAMFORD, CT 69051
860-347-7636

500 MAMARONECK AVE
HARRISON, NY 10528
203-869-1145

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Tamar Kessel

Doctors Groups:

ORTHOPAEDIC AND NEUROSURGERY SPECIALISTS, PLLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -

Hospital: STAMFORD HOSPITAL

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