Richard Sweet NEPHROLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Richard Sweet

  Explanation of Specialties

RICHARD SWEET is a specialist in NEPHROLOGY. Other specialties include CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), and INTERNAL MEDICINE.

NEPHROLOGY: Nephrologists treat kidney disease and prescribe dialysis for those experiencing kidney failure. After medical school, these physicians attend an internal medicine residency program. They are then required to attend fellowship training for nephrology. (more information)

CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS): A critical care medicine doctor (sometimes called an “intensivist”) is a type of specialist with specific expertise in the diagnosis, treatment, and support of critically ill and injured patients, such as trauma victims and patients with multiple organ dysfunction. A critical care medicine doctor is also well-versed in the technological procedures and devices used in intensive care settings, as well as issues such as end-of-life decisions, advance directives, estimating prognosis, and counse... (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)

  Richard Sweet Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	56
Final MIPS Score without CPB	46
PI Category Score	89
IA Category Score	0
Quality Category Score	35

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 Richard Sweet

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1001 POTRERO AVE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110
628-206-8843

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Richard Sweet

Doctors Groups:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SFGH MEDICAL GROUP

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ZUCKERBERG SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSP & TRAUMA CTR

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