Patricia Howard NURSE PRACTITIONER Reviews and Ratings

  About Patricia Howard

  Explanation of Specialties

PATRICIA HOWARD 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)

  Patricia Howard Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	96.4
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	95.8

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 Patricia Howard.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Patricia Howard

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Patricia Howard.

1540 S U S HWY 421 BY-PASS
HARLAN, KY 40831
606-273-1251

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Patricia Howard

Doctors Groups:

HOMETOWN URGENT CARE

Medical Organizations:

Patricia Howard is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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