Laura Ackerman NURSE PRACTITIONER Reviews and Ratings

  About Laura Ackerman

  Explanation of Specialties

LAURA ACKERMAN is a specialist in NURSE PRACTITIONER. No other specialties were noted.

NURSE PRACTITIONER: A nurse practitioner is a health care professional who offers a wide range of acute, primary, and specialty care services, either alone or alongside a doctor. As primary care physicians leave the profession faster than they can be replaced, especially in rural areas, nurse practitioners play a larger role as primary care providers. They’re also vital to care in specialized medicine, which has its own physician shortages. There’s a lot of overlap in the roles of nurse practitioners and physic... (more information)

  Laura Ackerman Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	96.1
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	95.4

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.

Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Depression screening	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes

These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Laura Ackerman

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Laura Ackerman.

10047 CROSSROAD CT SE
CALEDONIA, MI 49316
616-685-8850

220 CHERRY ST SE
GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49503
616-685-5050

250 CHERRY ST SE
GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49503
616-685-5600

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Laura Ackerman

Doctors Groups:

ADVANTAGE HEALTH/SAINT MARY'S MEDICAL GROUP

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: MERCY HEALTH SAINT MARY'S

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