Bahman Falakassa GASTROENTEROLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Bahman Falakassa

  Explanation of Specialties

BAHMAN FALAKASSA is a specialist in GASTROENTEROLOGY. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

GASTROENTEROLOGY: Gastroenterologists treat the functions and diseases of the digestive system.9This field attracts physicians who enjoy doing procedures, but who also like seeing patients in an outpatient setting. Gastroenterology is another sub-specialty of internal medicine. At minimum, gastroenterologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. From there, they need to attend fellowship training for gastroenterology. (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)

  Bahman Falakassa Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	85.4
Final MIPS Score without CPB	76.8
PI Category Score	70.2
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	71.5

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.

There is no measure or activity data for Bahman Falakassa.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Bahman Falakassa

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Bahman Falakassa.

400 W MINERAL KING AVE
VISALIA, CA 93291
559-909-0264

325 S WILLIS ST
VISALIA, CA 93291
559-624-4080

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Bahman Falakassa

Doctors Groups:

VALLEY HOSPITALIST MEDICAL GROUP, INC

KAWEAH DELTA HEALTH CARE DISTRICT

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: KAWEAH HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: MEMORIALCARE LONG BEACH MEDICAL CENTER

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