Ruth Alvarez PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Ruth Alvarez

  Explanation of Specialties

RUTH ALVAREZ 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)

  Ruth Alvarez 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 Ruth Alvarez.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Ruth Alvarez

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Ruth Alvarez.

44604 STERLING HWY
SOLDOTNA, AK 99669
907-420-0585

10 DNR RD
MCGRATH, AK 99627
907-729-6799

10 DNR RD
MCGRATH, AK 99627
907-729-6799

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Ruth Alvarez

Doctors Groups:

URGENT CARE OF SOLDOTNA INC

SOUTHCENTRAL FOUNDATION

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER

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