Donald Brown INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Donald Brown

  Explanation of Specialties

DONALD BROWN is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include GERIATRIC MEDICINE, and HOSPITALIST.

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)

GERIATRIC MEDICINE: Geriatric medicine is the specialty that involves studying, diagnosing and treating diseases or conditions associated with old age. Geriatric medicine is most commonly used for patients that are over 65 as this is the age where most people begin to experience difficulties with their health.Geriatrician doctors are experts in the study of how each medical condition or medication affects another. A geriatrician is a general physician who also undergoes additional studies in the aging process. They... (more information)

HOSPITALIST: A hospitalist is a subspecialty of physician who treats patients solely in a hospital. Hospitalists practice what is known as hospital medicine, a medical specialty centered on the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Hospitalists do not maintain outside practices but provide exclusive care to patients during their hospital stay. This improves the oversight and consistency of care for patients while providing a timely response outside of your primary doctor's usual hospital rounds (times w... (more information)

  Donald Brown Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	26.5
Final MIPS Score without CPB	21.3
PI Category Score	46
IA Category Score	20
Quality Category Score	0

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 Donald Brown

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824 E CARSON ST
CARSON, CA 90745
310-830-9706

2801 ATLANTIC AVE
LONG BEACH, CA 90806
562-426-3333

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Donald Brown

Doctors Groups:

HEALTHCARE PARTNERS AFFILIATES MEDICAL GROUP

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: MEMORIALCARE LONG BEACH MEDICAL CENTER

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