Lance Melin PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Lance Melin

  Explanation of Specialties

LANCE MELIN 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)

  Lance Melin Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	95.5
Final MIPS Score without CPB	87.8
PI Category Score	65.6
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	96.3

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.

Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Depression screening	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
Tobacco use	Yes
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes

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

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Lance Melin

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Lance Melin.

1720 2ND ST
CHENEY, WA 99004
509-444-8200

1001 W 2ND AVE
SPOKANE, WA 99201
509-835-1206

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Lance Melin

Doctors Groups:

COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SPOKANE

Medical Organizations:

Lance Melin is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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