Ralph Stafford INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Ralph Stafford

  Explanation of Specialties

RALPH STAFFORD is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include NEPHROLOGY.

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)

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)

  Ralph Stafford Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	99.2
PI Category Score	99
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	99.1

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 Ralph Stafford.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Ralph Stafford

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Ralph Stafford.

251 N LYERLY ST
CHATTANOOGA, TN 37404
423-826-8000

201 THOMAS RD
FORT OGLETHORPE, GA 30742
615-342-0472

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Ralph Stafford

Doctors Groups:

YIUM, SHENOUDA AND MILLER PTRSHP

Medical Organizations:

Dialysis Facility: DCI LYERLY

Dialysis Facility: DCI LYERLY

Dialysis Facility: DCI LYERLY

Dialysis Facility: DCI LYERLY

Dialysis Facility: DCI LYERLY

Dialysis Facility: DCI LYERLY

Dialysis Facility: DCI LYERLY

Hospital: ERLANGER MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC

Hospital: PARKRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER

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