Russell Laforte INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Russell Laforte

  Explanation of Specialties

RUSSELL LAFORTE is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include FAMILY PRACTICE.

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)

FAMILY PRACTICE: Family Practice is a combination of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Ob/Gyn. They are primary care physicians for children and adults, perform well-woman exams and sometimes even deliver babies. (more information)

  Russell Laforte Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	96.7
Final MIPS Score without CPB	92.3
PI Category Score	77
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	98.5

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 Russell Laforte

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301 UNIVERSITY BLVD
GALVESTON, TX 77555
409-772-2222

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Russell Laforte

Doctors Groups:

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH FACULTY GROUP PRACTICE

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH GALVESTON

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