Farooq Shaikh INFECTIOUS DISEASE Reviews and Ratings

  About Farooq Shaikh

  Explanation of Specialties

FAROOQ SHAIKH is a specialist in INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Infectious disease physicians deal with infections that are hard to diagnose or treat. They also treat serious infections such as the swine flu, bird flu, HIV/AIDS, and other infectious diseases. After medical school, infectious disease physicians must attend an internal medicine residency followed by fellowship training for infectious diseases. (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)

  Farooq Shaikh Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	55.6
Final MIPS Score without CPB	46.2
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	36.7

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.

Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Engage Patients and Families to Guide Improvement in the System of Care	Yes
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up	Yes
Implementation of documentation improvements for practice/process improvements	Yes
Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results	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 Farooq Shaikh

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Farooq Shaikh.

6088 S DURANGO DR
LAS VEGAS, NV 89113
702-696-7256

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Farooq Shaikh

Doctors Groups:

OASIS MEDICAL SERVICES INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: SUMMERLIN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

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