Richard Yates INFECTIOUS DISEASE Reviews and Ratings

  About Richard Yates

  Explanation of Specialties

RICHARD YATES 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)

  Richard Yates Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	93.7
PI Category Score	82
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	98.4

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.

Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Breast Cancer Screening
Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Diabetes: Eye Exam
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly
Care transition documentation practice improvements	Yes
Cervical Cancer Screening	20%
Controlling High Blood Pressure	57%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	36%
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	93%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	82%
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Incorporating Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly	16%
Use of Patient Safety Tools	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 Richard Yates

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Richard Yates.

11937 US HWY 271
TYLER, TX 75708
903-877-7200

935 S BAXTER AVE
TYLER, TX 75701
903-592-4473

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Richard Yates

Doctors Groups:

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLER-FACILITY-PHYSICIAN

EAST TEXAS INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONSULTANTS, PLLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE TEXAS SPINE & JOINT HOSPITAL

Hospital: CHRISTUS MOTHER FRANCES HOSPITAL

Hospital: THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT TYLER

Hospital: UT HEALTH EAST TEXAS TYLER REGIONAL HOSPITAL

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