Melanie Ramsey NURSE PRACTITIONER Reviews and Ratings

  About Melanie Ramsey

  Explanation of Specialties

MELANIE RAMSEY 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)

  Melanie Ramsey Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	91.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	87.9
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	85.8

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.

Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Consulting AUC Using Clinical Decision Support when Ordering Advanced	Yes
Controlling High Blood Pressure	59%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	75%
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop	Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	100%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	93%
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly	1%

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

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Melanie Ramsey

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Melanie Ramsey.

202 10TH ST SE
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52403
319-247-3010

275 10TH ST SE
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52403
319-247-3010

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Melanie Ramsey

Doctors Groups:

PHYSICIANS' CLINIC OF IOWA, PC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ALLEN HOSPITAL

Hospital: JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR RAPIDS

Hospital: ST LUKES HOSPITAL

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