STEPHEN BESSON Review - (INTERNAL MEDICINE)

Get our detailed analysis and review of CMS data for STEPHEN BESSON.

Data is as of March 07, 2024.

  The Most Important Data about STEPHEN BESSON

In the briefest summary, STEPHEN BESSON is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include PEDIATRIC MEDICINE. STEPHEN BESSON attended LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, STRITCH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, graduating in 1994. He maintains 2 office locations. He is a part of 2 medical groups. He is affiliated with 12 medical organizations (including hospitals, hospices, and skilled nursing facilities).

National Provider Number (NPI):

1750344552

   What 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 STEPHEN BESSON. Luckily, we are here to help! We’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the STEPHEN BESSON 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:

STEPHEN BESSON is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include PEDIATRIC MEDICINE.

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)

PEDIATRIC MEDICINE: A pediatrician is a medical doctor who manages the physical, behavioral, and mental care for children from birth until age 18. A pediatrician is trained to diagnose and treat a broad range of childhood illnesses, from minor health problems to serious diseases. Pediatricians have graduated from medical school and completed a 3-year residency program in pediatrics. A board-certified pediatrician has passed rigorous exams given by the American Board of Pediatrics. To remain certified, pediatricians... (more information)

   Reviews and Ratings

MIPS Scores for STEPHEN BESSON

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 50.1
Final MIPS Score without CPB 44.5
PI Category Score 25
IA Category Score 40
Quality Category Score 40

Measures and Activities

These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.

Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Clinical Data Registry Reporting Exclusion Yes
Electronic Case Reporting Exclusion Yes
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up Yes
Immunization Registry Reporting Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation Yes
Provide Education Opportunities for New Clinicians Yes
Public Health Registry Reporting Exclusion 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 Yes

   Office Locations and Phone Numbers for STEPHEN BESSON

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for STEPHEN BESSON.

1210 KY HWY 36 E
CYNTHIANA, KY 41031
859-234-9611

1210 KY HWY 36 E
CYNTHIANA, KY 41031
859-234-2300

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