Joseph Forbes INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Joseph Forbes

  Explanation of Specialties

JOSEPH FORBES is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.

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)

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE: Preventive medicine is exactly what it sounds like — it aims to prevent sickness before it happens. The ideology behind preventive medicine focuses on protecting, promoting, and maintaining health and well-being. It also aims to avert disease, disability, and death on an individual basis, as well as on a large scale in communities and populations. Preventive medicine is promoted by all physicians, though some choose to specialize in it. Physicians in this specialty use biostatistics and epidem... (more information)

  Joseph Forbes Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	97.5
Final MIPS Score without CPB	91.9
PI Category Score	96
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	86.2

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.

There is no measure or activity data for Joseph Forbes.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Joseph Forbes

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Joseph Forbes.

2933 BERRYHILL DR
NASHVILLE, TN 37204
615-385-7001

2931 BERRY HILL DR
NASHVILLE, TN 37204
No phone number available

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Joseph Forbes

Doctors Groups:

Joseph Forbes is not associated with any doctor groups.

Medical Organizations:

Joseph Forbes is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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