Paula Smith PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Paula Smith

  Explanation of Specialties

PAULA SMITH is a specialist in PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT. No other specialties were noted.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT: A physician’s assistant (PA) is a licensed clinician who practices medicine in partnership with doctors. In the United States, the role was created to respond to a shortage of doctors during the mid-1960s. Today, PAs play an essential role in areas with limited medical access. They work semi-autonomously and must work in association with a physician. This may be a medical doctor (MD) or a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO). The physician doesn’t necessarily need to be on-site when the PA pe... (more information)

  Paula Smith Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	92.6
Final MIPS Score without CPB	89.6
PI Category Score	81
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	91.4

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 Paula Smith.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Paula Smith

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Paula Smith.

4745 OGLETOWN STANTON RD
NEWARK, DE 19713
302-731-2888

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Paula Smith

Doctors Groups:

FIRST STATE ORTHOPAEDICS PA

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: CHRISTIANA HOSPITAL

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