Nicholas Kaufman PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Nicholas Kaufman

  Explanation of Specialties

NICHOLAS KAUFMAN 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)

  Nicholas Kaufman Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	93.5
Final MIPS Score without CPB	89.2
PI Category Score	81
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	90.7

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 Nicholas Kaufman.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Nicholas Kaufman

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Nicholas Kaufman.

1100 GRAMPIAN BLVD
WILLIAMSPORT, PA 17701
570-326-8005

4 E MAIN ST
NANTICOKE, PA 18634
570-735-7474

575 N RIVER ST
WILKES BARRE, PA 18702
570-552-8938

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Nicholas Kaufman

Doctors Groups:

SUSQUEHANNA PHYSICIAN SERVICES

COMMONWEALTH PHYSICIAN NETWORK LLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: UPMC WILLIAMSPORT

Hospital: WILKES-BARRE GENERAL HOSPITAL

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