Kara Ward EMERGENCY MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Kara Ward

  Explanation of Specialties

KARA WARD is a specialist in EMERGENCY MEDICINE. Other specialties include CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS).

EMERGENCY MEDICINE: Emergency Medicine physicians are the doctors in the ER. They see a wide variety of conditions from cuts and burns to infections to heart attacks when they first occur. They are on the front lines of healthcare and often call in additional specialists like surgeons and cardiologist to care for patients. (more information)

CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS): A critical care medicine doctor (sometimes called an “intensivist”) is a type of specialist with specific expertise in the diagnosis, treatment, and support of critically ill and injured patients, such as trauma victims and patients with multiple organ dysfunction. A critical care medicine doctor is also well-versed in the technological procedures and devices used in intensive care settings, as well as issues such as end-of-life decisions, advance directives, estimating prognosis, and counse... (more information)

  Kara Ward Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	91.3
Final MIPS Score without CPB	82.7
PI Category Score	64
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	88.1

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 Kara Ward.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Kara Ward

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Kara Ward.

1202 S TYLER ST
COVINGTON, LA 70433
985-898-3743

1203 S TYLER ST
COVINGTON, LA 70433
985-892-9143

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Kara Ward

Doctors Groups:

ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO 1

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL

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Sometimes the doctor you see isn't a good fit or you want to get a second opinions. This is a list of nearby doctors with the same specialization as Kara Ward.

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