Efthimios Bakalakos GENERAL SURGERY Reviews and Ratings

  About Efthimios Bakalakos

  Explanation of Specialties

EFTHIMIOS BAKALAKOS is a specialist in GENERAL SURGERY. Other specialties include FAMILY PRACTICE, SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, and EMERGENCY MEDICINE.

GENERAL SURGERY: Most surgeons begin their training as general surgeons, then can sub-specialize or stay general surgeons. General surgeons perform gall bladder removals, hernia repairs, and some breast and skin surgery. (more information)

FAMILY PRACTICE: Family Practice is a combination of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Ob/Gyn. They are primary care physicians for children and adults, perform well-woman exams and sometimes even deliver babies. (more information)

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY: These surgeons remove all types of tumors throughout the body, so there can be overlap with other surgical specialties. For example, a breast tumor could be removed by a surgical oncologist, general surgeon or a gynecologic oncologist (more on them below). These surgeons typically operate on soft-tissue tumors called sarcoma and a type of skin melanoma. (more information)

EMERGENCY MEDICINE: Emergency Medicine physicians are the doctors in the ER. They see a wide variety of conditions from cuts and burns to infections to heart attacks when they first occur. They are on the front lines of healthcare and often call in additional specialists like surgeons and cardiologist to care for patients. (more information)

  Efthimios Bakalakos Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	97
Final MIPS Score without CPB	93.1
PI Category Score	77
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 Efthimios Bakalakos.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Efthimios Bakalakos

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Efthimios Bakalakos.

701 3RD AVE S
CLEAR LAKE, SD 57226
605-874-8484

249 5TH ST E
TRACY, MN 56175
507-629-3520

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Efthimios Bakalakos

Doctors Groups:

SANFORD HEALTH NETWORK

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: SANFORD CANBY MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: SANFORD TRACY MEDICAL CENTER

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