Bakul Patel GASTROENTEROLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Bakul Patel

  Explanation of Specialties

BAKUL PATEL is a specialist in GASTROENTEROLOGY. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

GASTROENTEROLOGY: Gastroenterologists treat the functions and diseases of the digestive system.9This field attracts physicians who enjoy doing procedures, but who also like seeing patients in an outpatient setting. Gastroenterology is another sub-specialty of internal medicine. At minimum, gastroenterologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. From there, they need to attend fellowship training for gastroenterology. (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)

  Bakul Patel 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.

Chronic Care and Preventative Care Management for Empaneled Patients	Yes
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
Tobacco use	Yes
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes

These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Bakul Patel

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 4 office locations for Bakul Patel.

1129 N MAIN ST
SOUTH BOSTON, VA 24592
434-572-8196

503 RIDGE RD
ROXBORO, NC 27573
336-503-5703

601 RIDGE RD
ROXBORO, NC 27573
336-599-5754

615 RIDGE RD
ROXBORO, NC 27573
336-322-4040

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Bakul Patel

Doctors Groups:

SOUTHERN GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PC

DLP PERSON PHYSICIAN PRACTICES LLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: PERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Hospital: SENTARA HALIFAX REGIONAL HOSPITAL

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