Vellaiappan Somasundaram INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Vellaiappan Somasundaram

  Explanation of Specialties

VELLAIAPPAN SOMASUNDARAM is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include EMERGENCY MEDICINE.

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)

EMERGENCY MEDICINE: Emergency Medicine physicians are the doctors in the ER. They see a wide variety of conditions from cuts and burns to infections to heart attacks when they first occur. They are on the front lines of healthcare and often call in additional specialists like surgeons and cardiologist to care for patients. (more information)

  Vellaiappan Somasundaram 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 Vellaiappan Somasundaram.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Vellaiappan Somasundaram

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Vellaiappan Somasundaram.

306 HOSPITAL DR
SOUTH WILLIAMSON, KY 41503
606-237-5800

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Vellaiappan Somasundaram

Doctors Groups:

APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE INC

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: LOGAN ARH HOME HEALTH AGENCY

Hospital: PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: TUG VALLEY ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Nursing Home: Tug Valley Arh Skilled Nursing Facility

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