Catherine Bjerum INFECTIOUS DISEASE Reviews and Ratings

  About Catherine Bjerum

  Explanation of Specialties

CATHERINE BJERUM is a specialist in INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE, and HOSPITALIST.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE: Infectious disease physicians deal with infections that are hard to diagnose or treat. They also treat serious infections such as the swine flu, bird flu, HIV/AIDS, and other infectious diseases. After medical school, infectious disease physicians must attend an internal medicine residency followed by fellowship training for infectious diseases. (more information)

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)

HOSPITALIST: A hospitalist is a subspecialty of physician who treats patients solely in a hospital. Hospitalists practice what is known as hospital medicine, a medical specialty centered on the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Hospitalists do not maintain outside practices but provide exclusive care to patients during their hospital stay. This improves the oversight and consistency of care for patients while providing a timely response outside of your primary doctor's usual hospital rounds (times w... (more information)

  Catherine Bjerum Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	88.3
Final MIPS Score without CPB	82.9
PI Category Score	66
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	87.5

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.

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Catherine Bjerum

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Catherine Bjerum.

3100 TONGASS AVE
KETCHIKAN, AK 99901
907-228-8300

2400 UNSER BLVD SE
RIO RANCHO, NM 87124
505-253-7878

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Catherine Bjerum

Doctors Groups:

PEACEHEALTH

HOSPITALIST MEDICINE PHYSICIANS OF TEXAS PLLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: GERALD CHAMPION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: PEACEHEALTH KETCHIKAN MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: PLAINS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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