Sumair Akhtar HOSPITALIST Reviews and Ratings

  About Sumair Akhtar

  Explanation of Specialties

SUMAIR AKHTAR is a specialist in HOSPITALIST. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

HOSPITALIST: A hospitalist is a subspecialty of physician who treats patients solely in a hospital. Hospitalists practice what is known as hospital medicine, a medical specialty centered on the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Hospitalists do not maintain outside practices but provide exclusive care to patients during their hospital stay. This improves the oversight and consistency of care for patients while providing a timely response outside of your primary doctor's usual hospital rounds (times w... (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)

  Sumair Akhtar Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	95.7
PI Category Score	85.6
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	100

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 Sumair Akhtar.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Sumair Akhtar

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Sumair Akhtar.

801 OSTRUM ST
BETHLEHEM, PA 18015
610-954-4000

1021 PARK AVE
QUAKERTOWN, PA 18951
215-538-4500

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Sumair Akhtar

Doctors Groups:

ST LUKE'S PHYSICIAN GROUP INC

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: ST LUKE'S HOME HEALTH

Hospital: ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS

Hospital: ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS

Hospital: ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM

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