Valerie Tufano PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Valerie Tufano

  Explanation of Specialties

VALERIE TUFANO 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)

  Valerie Tufano Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	100
PI Category Score
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 Valerie Tufano.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Valerie Tufano

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 4 office locations for Valerie Tufano.

13722 EMBASSY ROW
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78216
726-207-3656

23611W INTERSTATE 10
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78257
210-698-6617

1501 FM
PFLUGERVILLE, TX 78660
737-279-7984

4851N INTERSTATE 35
ROUND ROCK, TX 78664
512-486-6140

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Valerie Tufano

Doctors Groups:

TMC PROVIDER GROUP PLLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ASCENSION SETON WILLIAMSON

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