HUSAIN POONAWALA Review - (INFECTIOUS DISEASE)
Get our detailed analysis and review of CMS data for HUSAIN POONAWALA.
Data is as of March 07, 2024.
The Most Important Data about HUSAIN POONAWALA
In the briefest summary, HUSAIN POONAWALA is a specialist in INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE. HUSAIN POONAWALA attended OTHER, graduating in 2009. He maintains 1 office locations. He is a part of 1 medical group. He is affiliated with 0 medical organization (including hospitals, hospices, and skilled nursing facilities).
National Provider Number (NPI):
1609163989What is this page all about?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") compiles and distributes more than 17 tables of data on medical professionals on a sporadic basis. Some of the tables contain more than a million records which makes it very difficult to manage them. There is a lot of information to pour through when trying to understand HUSAIN POONAWALA. Luckily, we are here to help! We’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the HUSAIN POONAWALA does, their affiliations and much more. (If you want to jump to a specific section of the review, here are the section headers: Specialities, Ratings, Office Locations, Affiliations, and Other Doctors.
Specialties and Sub-Specialties:
HUSAIN POONAWALA 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)
Reviews and Ratings
MIPS Scores for HUSAIN POONAWALA
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.
| Final MIPS Score | 82.4 |
| Final MIPS Score without CPB | 74.3 |
| PI Category Score | |
| IA Category Score | 40 |
| Quality Category Score | 69.8 |
Measures and Activities
These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.
There is no measure or activity data for HUSAIN POONAWALA.
Office Locations and Phone Numbers for HUSAIN POONAWALA
The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for HUSAIN POONAWALA.
800 WASHINGTON ST
BOSTON, MA 21111
617-636-5000
Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for HUSAIN POONAWALA
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Medical Organizations:
HUSAIN POONAWALA is not affiliated with any hospitals.
Other Doctors in the Area Specializing in INFECTIOUS DISEASE that are similar to HUSAIN POONAWALA
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