Charles Pruchno INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Charles Pruchno

  Explanation of Specialties

CHARLES PRUCHNO is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include NEPHROLOGY.

INTERNAL MEDICINE: General internists provide primary care to adult patients. Internists usually have more hospital-based training than family practitioners. They may have an office-based practice or work as a hospitalist primarily seeing patients in the hospital. These physicians attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. Internists may then choose to pursue a fellowship to sub-specialize in a variety of other areas, like endocrinology (hormone-related conditions) or cardiology (heart-relat... (more information)

NEPHROLOGY: Nephrologists treat kidney disease and prescribe dialysis for those experiencing kidney failure. After medical school, these physicians attend an internal medicine residency program. They are then required to attend fellowship training for nephrology. (more information)

  Charles Pruchno Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	93.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	90.3
PI Category Score	86
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	90

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.

Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly
Clinical Data Registry Reporting	Yes
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Consulting AUC Using Clinical Decision Support when Ordering Advanced	Yes
Controlling High Blood Pressure	55%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	29%
Immunization Registry Reporting	Yes
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Incorporating Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly	6%

These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Charles Pruchno

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Charles Pruchno.

701 10TH ST SE
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52403
319-861-7803

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Charles Pruchno

Doctors Groups:

COGENT HEALTHCARE OF IOWA PC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR RAPIDS

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