Peter Veldkamp INFECTIOUS DISEASE Reviews and Ratings

  About Peter Veldkamp

  Explanation of Specialties

PETER VELDKAMP 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)

  Peter Veldkamp Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	98.6
Final MIPS Score without CPB	94
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	92.9

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 Peter Veldkamp.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Peter Veldkamp

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Peter Veldkamp.

3109 GREEN GARDEN RD
ALIQUIPPA, PA 15001
724-378-8228

200 LOTHROP ST
PITTSBURGH, PA 15213
No phone number available

3601 5TH AVE
PITTSBURGH, PA 15213
No phone number available

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Peter Veldkamp

Doctors Groups:

KEYSTONE REHABILITATION SYSTEMS INC

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PHYSICIANS

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: UPMC PRESBYTERIAN SHADYSIDE

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