Ken Hirasaki INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Ken Hirasaki

  Explanation of Specialties

KEN HIRASAKI is a specialist in INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. Other specialties include DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, and NUCLEAR MEDICINE.

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY: Interventional radiology (IR) is a way to diagnose and treat cancer and other conditions without major surgery.With IR, your doctor looks inside your body with imaging tests such as ultrasounds, CT scans, or MRIs. Then they use small tools, like needles and tubes, to do a procedure or give treatment right where you need it. During these procedures, your doctor can put tools into your body through tiny cuts that can be as small as a pinhole. Interventional radiology helps with cancer in a number ... (more information)

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY: Radiologists review and interpret x-rays, CT scans, MRIs, PET scans and other types of imaging tests. However, there are some imaging tests that radiologists typically do not review. Cardiologists usually review their own echocardiograms and stress tests and Ob/Gyns usually review their own ultrasounds. Like Pathologists, Radiologists often do not directly interact with patients. Typically a technician performs the scan for the radiologist to review. (more information)

NUCLEAR MEDICINE: Nuclear medicine is a specialized area of radiology that uses very small amounts of radioactive materials, or radiopharmaceuticals, to examine organ function and structure. Nuclear medicine imaging is a combination of many different disciplines. These include chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer technology, and medicine. This branch of radiology is often used to help diagnose and treat abnormalities very early in the progression of a disease, such as thyroid cancer.Because X-rays pass throu... (more information)

  Ken Hirasaki Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	73.7
Final MIPS Score without CPB	70.1
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	64.9

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.

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Ken Hirasaki

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Ken Hirasaki.

1635 AURORA CT
AURORA, CO 80045
720-848-0000

12605 E 16TH AVE
AURORA, CO 80045
720-848-0000

13123 E 16TH AVE
AURORA, CO 80045
720-777-1234

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Ken Hirasaki

Doctors Groups:

UNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS INCORPORATED

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL

Hospital: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

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