Alan Kraus INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT Reviews and Ratings

  About Alan Kraus

  Explanation of Specialties

ALAN KRAUS is a specialist in INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT. Other specialties include PAIN MANAGEMENT, and ANESTHESIOLOGY.

INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT: If you’re in pain, interventional pain management can help you reduce pain and get you back to your life. Practitioners use cutting-edge treatment options along with holistic therapies. For example, a patient may receive nerve blocks or facet joint injections, along with reduced medication doses and physical therapy or chiropractic care to address the root of their pain issue. Practitioners look at the patient as a whole person, rather than just their pain. Because of this, interventional pain... (more information)

PAIN MANAGEMENT: A pain management specialist is a doctor who evaluates your pain and treats a wide range of pain problems. A pain management doctor treats sudden pain problems such as headaches and many types of long-lasting, chronic, pain such as low back pain. Patients are seen in a pain clinic and can go home the same day. Pain management doctors offer a mix of medication-based treatments and procedures, that can stop the pain at its source. The types of pain treated by a pain management doctor fall into thr... (more information)

ANESTHESIOLOGY: Anesthesiologists perform the sedation for surgery and other procedures. They also provide local anesthesia for mothers during delivery by inserting an epidural in the low back. There is also a sub-specialty of anesthesiology called Pain Medicine. Pain Medicine doctors evaluate and treat patients with various chronic pain conditions. Aspiring anesthesiologists must attend medical school followed by a residency program for anesthesiology. There are numerous subspecialties of anesthesiology the... (more information)

  Alan Kraus Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	79.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	77.2
PI Category Score	45
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	88.5

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.

Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Breast Cancer Screening
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Cervical Cancer Screening	93%
Clinical Data Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Electronic Case Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Public Health Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Incorporating Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Use of telehealth services that expand practice access	Yes

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Alan Kraus

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Alan Kraus.

7900 AIRWAYS BLVD
SOUTHAVEN, MS 38671
901-754-3365

2028 W POPLAR AVE
COLLIERVILLE, TN 38017
901-754-3365

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Alan Kraus

Doctors Groups:

Alan Kraus is not associated with any doctor groups.

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Hospital: METHODIST HEALTHCARE - OLIVE BRANCH HOSPITAL

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