Penny Welker NURSE PRACTITIONER Reviews and Ratings

  About Penny Welker

  Explanation of Specialties

PENNY WELKER 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)

  Penny Welker Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	86.6
Final MIPS Score without CPB	81.5
PI Category Score	56
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	89.4

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.

Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Breast Cancer Screening
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention
Diabetes: Eye Exam
Chronic Care and Preventative Care Management for Empaneled Patients	Yes
Depression screening	Yes
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	34%
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
MDD prevention and treatment interventions	Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	89%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	61%
Tobacco use	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 Penny Welker

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Penny Welker.

434 4TH ST
NEWPORT, TN 37821
423-415-3282

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Penny Welker

Doctors Groups:

COCKE COUNTY HMA, LLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: TENNOVA HEALTHCARE - NEWPORT MEDICAL CENTER

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