Bassam Awwa PSYCHIATRY Reviews and Ratings

  About Bassam Awwa

  Explanation of Specialties

BASSAM AWWA is a specialist in PSYCHIATRY. Other specialties include ADDICTION MEDICINE, GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY, and PAIN MANAGEMENT.

PSYCHIATRY: Psychiatrics see people with various mental health issues, such as depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. They also have the credentials to prescribe medications for these conditions, which sets them apart from psychologists and counselors. After medical school and residency for psychiatry, some psychiatrists attend fellowships for a subspecialty. There are a number of different specialty areas within psychiatry, including child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction medicine, or eating disorder... (more information)

ADDICTION MEDICINE: Addiction medicine is a medical subspecialty, formally recognized since 1990, concerned with the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of persons with the disease of addiction, of those with substance-related health conditions, and of people who show unhealthy use of substances, including nicotine, alcohol, prescription medications, and other licit and illicit drugs. In 2016, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), officially recognized addiction medicine as a medi... (more information)

GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY: Geriatric psychiatry is psychiatry for older adults, aimed at disorders developed later in life such as mood disorders, dementia, substance abuse, or personality disorders.Geriatric psychiatrists have specialized, additional training for assisting older adults, and as a result are able to expertly navigate scenarios unique to older adults. Geriatric psychiatrists are focused on preventing, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating mental and emotional disorders in older adults. The difference between... (more information)

PAIN MANAGEMENT: A pain management specialist is a doctor who evaluates your pain and treats a wide range of pain problems. A pain management doctor treats sudden pain problems such as headaches and many types of long-lasting, chronic, pain such as low back pain. Patients are seen in a pain clinic and can go home the same day. Pain management doctors offer a mix of medication-based treatments and procedures, that can stop the pain at its source. The types of pain treated by a pain management doctor fall into thr... (more information)

  Bassam Awwa 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.

There is no measure or activity data for Bassam Awwa.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Bassam Awwa

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 6 office locations for Bassam Awwa.

41 FAIRE HARBOUR PL
NEW LONDON, CT 63204
860-437-6914

616 GOLD STAR HWY
GROTON, CT 63406
860-449-0020

620 GOLD STAR HWY
GROTON, CT 63406
860-437-6914

22 CASE ST
NORWICH, CT 63602
860-823-1399

28 /2 CASE ST
NORWICH, CT 63602
860-823-1399

118 S BROAD ST
PAWCATUCK, CT 63791
860-572-8834

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Bassam Awwa

Doctors Groups:

CONNECTICUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSOC, P.C.

Medical Organizations:

Bassam Awwa is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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