Carissa Spain PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Carissa Spain

  Explanation of Specialties

CARISSA SPAIN 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)

  Carissa Spain Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	43.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	40.5
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	30

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 Carissa Spain.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Carissa Spain

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Carissa Spain.

200 HAWKINS DR
IOWA CITY, IA 52242
No phone number available

865 LINCOLN RD
BETTENDORF, IA 52722
563-344-2250

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Carissa Spain

Doctors Groups:

STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER

Hospital: UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL & CLINICS

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