Michael Best, M.D., MPH

Primary specialty

Hospitalist PhysicianTaxonomy code 208M00000X

License

55566 Issued in AZ

Practice address

5555 W Thunderbird Rd
Glendale, AZ 85306-4622

Phone

(602) 865-5555

NPI assigned

Apr 1, 2015

Last updated

Mar 5, 2020By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in AZ

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Internal Medicine

Education

Other, 2015

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Leading Healthcare PLLCGroup PAC ID 1850652496, 42 clinicians

Vituity - Arizona Hospitalists PCGroup PAC ID 5395163745, 70 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Dignity Hospice Hospice, Phoenix, AZ, CCN 031675
• Honorhealth Deer Valley Medical Center Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, CCN 030092
• Honor Health John C. Lincoln Medical Center Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, CCN 030014
• Center at Arrowhead, LLC Nursing home, Glendale, AZ, CCN 035289

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

76.42 of 100Reported as apm

Quality

55.23

Improvement activities

40

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

83.7 of 100Reported as group

Quality

64.97

Promoting interoperability

98

Improvement activities

40

Cost

69.88

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

Practice roles

Locations

All facility ownership & control disclosures 1

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider’s PECOS associate ID as an owner or managing party.

Owned or controlled facilities with NPI records 1

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider as an owner, officer, director or managing party.

• Arroyo Health Hospice LLC

  dba Dignity Health Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1619416864

  Contracted Managing Employee

  CMS ownership

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Leading Healthcare, LLC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Sun City, AZ
  • NPI 1356853691
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Vituity - Arizona Hospitalists PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1770109704

  Internal Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Banner Hospital Based Physicians Arizona LLC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • San Tan Valley, AZ
  • NPI 1275889891
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Banner Hospital Based Physicians Arizona LLC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Gilbert, AZ
  • NPI 1124374822
  NPD
• Banner Hospital Based Physicians Arizona LLC

  • Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1780445171
  NPD
• Vituity - Arizona Hospitalists PC

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1912629916
  NPD
• Honorhealth

  dba HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1528169125
  NPD (past)
• Leading Health Managed Care, LLC

  • Specialist
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1457921413

  Internal Medicine

  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Arroyo Health Hospice LLC

  dba Dignity Health Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1619416864
  Care Compare affiliation
• Center at Arrowhead, LLC

  dba The Center at Arrowhead

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Glendale, AZ
  • NPI 1881085728

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Honorhealth

  dba HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1528169125
  Care Compare affiliation
• Honorhealth

  dba HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • NPI 1770690695
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "city": "GLENDALE",
            "state": "AZ",
            "postal_code": "853064622",
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        "enumeration_date": "2015-04-01",
        "last_updated": "2020-03-05",
        "certification_date": "2020-03-05",
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• Hospitalist Physician in Glendale, AZ
• Providers in Glendale, AZ by specialty
• Hospitalist Physician in Arizona

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 5, 2020; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.