Samuel Kim THORACIC SURGERY Reviews and Ratings

  About Samuel Kim

  Explanation of Specialties

SAMUEL KIM is a specialist in THORACIC SURGERY. Other specialties include CARDIAC SURGERY, and SURGICAL ONCOLOGY.

THORACIC SURGERY: Thoracic surgeons -- who are often grouped with cardiac, or heart, specialists for cardiothoracic surgery -- operate on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and major blood vessels inside the chest, as well as the bony structures and tissues that form and support the chest cavity.Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing one person every 36 seconds. Experts estimate that someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. Lung cancer is the third most common cancer and the leadi... (more information)

CARDIAC SURGERY: A cardiac surgeon is a medical doctor who has advanced education and training in performing surgery on the heart and the major blood vessels around it. They may belong to different specialties or may choose to specialize in certain types of heart procedures, such as procedures done on children. (more information)

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY: These surgeons remove all types of tumors throughout the body, so there can be overlap with other surgical specialties. For example, a breast tumor could be removed by a surgical oncologist, general surgeon or a gynecologic oncologist (more on them below). These surgeons typically operate on soft-tissue tumors called sarcoma and a type of skin melanoma. (more information)

  Samuel Kim Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	96.1
PI Category Score	86.9
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 Samuel Kim.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Samuel Kim

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 8 office locations for Samuel Kim.

251 E HURON
CHICAGO, IL 60611
No phone number available

251 E HURON ST
CHICAGO, IL 60611
No phone number available

250 E SUPERIOR ST
CHICAGO, IL 60611
No phone number available

250 E SUPERIOR
CHICAGO, IL 60611
312-472-3660

676 N SAINT CLAIR
CHICAGO, IL 60611
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676 N SAINT CLAIR ST
CHICAGO, IL 60611
No phone number available

675 N ST CLAIR
CHICAGO, IL 60611
No phone number available

675 N SAINT CLAIR ST
CHICAGO, IL 60611
312-695-3800

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Samuel Kim

Doctors Groups:

NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL FACULTY FOUNDATION

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: ACCENTCARE HOME HEALTH OF ILLINOIS

Hospital: NORTHWESTERN LAKE FOREST HOSPITAL

Hospital: NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL

Hospital: NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Hospital: PALOS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

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