Venkata Kantamneni GASTROENTEROLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Venkata Kantamneni

  Explanation of Specialties

VENKATA KANTAMNENI 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)

  Venkata Kantamneni Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	87.5
Final MIPS Score without CPB	82.1
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	78.9

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.

Advance Care Plan
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention
Collection and follow-up on patient experience and satisfaction data on beneficiary engagement	Yes
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop	Yes
Regularly assess the patient experience of care through surveys, advisory councils and/or other mechanisms.	Yes
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 Venkata Kantamneni

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Venkata Kantamneni.

2828 HWY 31 S 117
DECATUR, AL 35603
256-351-2116

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Venkata Kantamneni

Doctors Groups:

DECATUR DIGESTIVE DISEASES PC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS

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