Rick Player INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Rick Player

  Explanation of Specialties

RICK PLAYER is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include PULMONARY DISEASE.

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)

PULMONARY DISEASE: Pulmonologists treat the cardio-pulmonary system, which consists of the heart, lungs, and organs involved in the respiratory process. They may work in office settings to treat patients with breathing disorders, severe allergies, lung problems, and other respiratory diseases. They may also treat patients with pulmonary disease who are in the intensive care unit (ICU). Aspiring pulmonologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. They then attend fellowship training for... (more information)

  Rick Player Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	99
Final MIPS Score without CPB	91.7
PI Category Score	72.3
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.

There is no measure or activity data for Rick Player.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Rick Player

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Rick Player.

985 9TH AVE SW
BESSEMER, AL 35022
No phone number available

995 9TH AVE SW
BESSEMER, AL 35022
205-481-7000

927 MEDICAL CTR DR
BESSEMER, AL 35022
205-481-8640

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Rick Player

Doctors Groups:

MEDICAL WEST HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: MEDICAL WEST, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM

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