Kathleen Ruggero INFECTIOUS DISEASE Reviews and Ratings

  About Kathleen Ruggero

  Explanation of Specialties

KATHLEEN RUGGERO is a specialist in INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Infectious disease physicians deal with infections that are hard to diagnose or treat. They also treat serious infections such as the swine flu, bird flu, HIV/AIDS, and other infectious diseases. After medical school, infectious disease physicians must attend an internal medicine residency followed by fellowship training for infectious diseases. (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)

  Kathleen Ruggero Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	45
Final MIPS Score without CPB	45
PI Category Score
IA Category Score
Quality Category Score

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.

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Kathleen Ruggero

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7804 W COLLEGE DR
PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463
708-361-5778

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Kathleen Ruggero

Doctors Groups:

SOUTHWEST INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND INTERNAL MEDICINE S C

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL

Hospital: PALOS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

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