Christopher Okechukwu INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Christopher Okechukwu

  Explanation of Specialties

CHRISTOPHER OKECHUKWU is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include EMERGENCY MEDICINE.

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)

EMERGENCY MEDICINE: Emergency Medicine physicians are the doctors in the ER. They see a wide variety of conditions from cuts and burns to infections to heart attacks when they first occur. They are on the front lines of healthcare and often call in additional specialists like surgeons and cardiologist to care for patients. (more information)

  Christopher Okechukwu 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 Christopher Okechukwu.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Christopher Okechukwu

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Christopher Okechukwu.

175 HIGH ST
NEWTON, NJ 78601
973-383-2121

1 DIAMOND HILL RD
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ 79222
908-273-4300

70 DUBOIS ST
NEWBURGH, NY 12550
616-464-0407

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Christopher Okechukwu

Doctors Groups:

NEWTON EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES LLC

SUMMIT MEDICAL GROUP PA

HUDSON VISTA PHYSICIAN SERVICES PC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: ST LUKE'S CORNWALL HOSPITAL

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