Walter Fairfax SLEEP MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Walter Fairfax

  Explanation of Specialties

WALTER FAIRFAX is a specialist in SLEEP MEDICINE. Other specialties include CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), and PULMONARY DISEASE.

SLEEP MEDICINE: Sleep medicine is a medical subspecialty focused on diagnosing and treating sleep disorders and other sleep-related concerns. Sleep disorders are common and, if left untreated, can have significant long-term consequences, such as increased risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Sleep physicians, sometimes called somnologists, come from a variety of medical specialties, but they all have training in sleep medicine. To receive board certification in sleep medicine, doctors m... (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)

PULMONARY DISEASE: Pulmonologists treat the cardio-pulmonary system, which consists of the heart, lungs, and organs involved in the respiratory process. They may work in office settings to treat patients with breathing disorders, severe allergies, lung problems, and other respiratory diseases. They may also treat patients with pulmonary disease who are in the intensive care unit (ICU). Aspiring pulmonologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. They then attend fellowship training for... (more information)

  Walter Fairfax Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	96.4
PI Category Score	88
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	100

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 Walter Fairfax.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Walter Fairfax

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Walter Fairfax.

1055 RIVERSIDE AVE
OROFINO, ID 83544
208-476-5777

2003 KOOTENAI HEALTH WAY
COEUR D ALENE, ID 83814
No phone number available

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Walter Fairfax

Doctors Groups:

KOOTENAI HEALTH INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: KOOTENAI HEALTH

Hospital: NORTHWEST SPECIALTY HOSPITAL

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