Wallace Akerley MEDICAL ONCOLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Wallace Akerley

  Explanation of Specialties

WALLACE AKERLEY is a specialist in MEDICAL ONCOLOGY. Other specialties include HEMATOLOGY, and INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

MEDICAL ONCOLOGY: Medical oncology is a type of medicine that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer. A medical oncologist’s job is to take care of cancer patients by using things like chemotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, or immunotherapy. A medical oncologist will work with other doctors to create a treatment plan that’s best for you. They’ll explain your cancer diagnosis to you, including the type and what stage you have. They’ll also help you manage your cancer sympt... (more information)

HEMATOLOGY: A hematologist is a specialist in hematology, the science or study of blood, blood-forming organs and blood diseases. The medical aspect of hematology is concerned with the treatment of blood disorders and malignancies, including types of hemophilia, leukemia, lymphoma and sickle-cell anemia. Hematology is a branch of internal medicine that deals with the physiology, pathology, etiology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and prevention of blood-related disorders.Becoming a hematologist requires 7 ... (more information)

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)

  Wallace Akerley Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	97.3
Final MIPS Score without CPB	93.3
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	92.1

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 Wallace Akerley.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Wallace Akerley

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Wallace Akerley.

1950 CIRCLE OF HOPE DR
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84112
801-581-8793

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Wallace Akerley

Doctors Groups:

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ADULT SERVICES

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICES

Hospital: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

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