Ernesto Cruz INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Ernesto Cruz

  Explanation of Specialties

ERNESTO CRUZ is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION.

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)

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)

  Ernesto Cruz Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	94.4
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	93.5

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 Ernesto Cruz.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Ernesto Cruz

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Ernesto Cruz.

3509 N BROAD ST
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19140
215-707-7200

3401 N BROAD ST
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19140
215-707-5030

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Ernesto Cruz

Doctors Groups:

TEMPLE FACULTY PRACTICE PLAN INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

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