Brian Edwards INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Brian Edwards

  Explanation of Specialties

BRIAN EDWARDS is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include HOSPITALIST.

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)

  Brian Edwards Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	98.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	93.5
PI Category Score	78.3
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 Brian Edwards.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Brian Edwards

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Brian Edwards.

2358 US HWY 70
SWANNANOA, NC 28778
828-686-3378

4 VANDERBILT PARK DR
ASHEVILLE, NC 28803
828-258-0397

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Brian Edwards

Doctors Groups:

PROACTIVE THERAPY OF NORTH CAROLINA INC

CAROLINA INTERNAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES PA

Medical Organizations:

Home Health Care Agency: ENHABIT HOME HEALTH

Hospital: ADVENTHEALTH HENDERSONVILLE

Hospital: MARGARET R PARDEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Hospital: MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL AND ASHEVILLE SURGERY CE

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