GREGORY DOWD Review - (NEUROSURGERY)
Get our detailed analysis and review of CMS data for GREGORY DOWD.
Data is as of March 07, 2024.
The Most Important Data about GREGORY DOWD
In the briefest summary, GREGORY DOWD is a specialist in NEUROSURGERY. Other specialties include EMERGENCY MEDICINE. GREGORY DOWD attended OTHER, graduating in 1994. He maintains 2 office locations. He is a part of 2 medical groups. He is affiliated with 4 medical organizations (including hospitals, hospices, and skilled nursing facilities).
National Provider Number (NPI):
1689672446What 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 GREGORY DOWD. Luckily, we are here to help! We’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the GREGORY DOWD 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:
GREGORY DOWD is a specialist in NEUROSURGERY. Other specialties include EMERGENCY MEDICINE.
NEUROSURGERY: Neurosurgeons operate on the brain and spinal cord. They remove brain tumors, but they also perform low back and neck surgery for chronic back pain and pinched nerves. (more information)
EMERGENCY MEDICINE: Emergency Medicine physicians are the doctors in the ER. They see a wide variety of conditions from cuts and burns to infections to heart attacks when they first occur. They are on the front lines of healthcare and often call in additional specialists like surgeons and cardiologist to care for patients. (more information)
Reviews and Ratings
MIPS Scores for GREGORY DOWD
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 | 76.9 |
| Final MIPS Score without CPB | 70.9 |
| PI Category Score | 50 |
| IA Category Score | 40 |
| Quality Category Score | 74.3 |
Measures and Activities
These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.
| Advance Care Plan | |
| Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record | |
| Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan | |
| Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention | |
| Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling | |
| Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information | |
| Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information | |
| e-Prescribing | |
| Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion | Yes |
| Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results | Yes |
| Implementation of medication management practice improvements | Yes |
| ONC Direct Review Attestation | Yes |
| ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation | Yes |
| Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record | 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 |
| Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion | Yes |
Office Locations and Phone Numbers for GREGORY DOWD
The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for GREGORY DOWD.
301 W FERTITTA BLVD
LEESVILLE, LA 71446
337-238-9931
3704 N BLVD
ALEXANDRIA, LA 71301
318-443-4576
Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for GREGORY DOWD
Doctors Groups:
PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES OF WEST LOUISIANA INC
ALEXANDRIA NEUROSURGICAL CLINIC INC
Medical Organizations:
Hospital: CHRISTUS CENTRAL LOUISIANA SURGICAL HOSPITAL
Hospital: CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL
Hospital: LASALLE GENERAL HOSPITAL
Hospital: RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Other Doctors in the Area Specializing in NEUROSURGERY that are similar to GREGORY DOWD
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