Huzaifa Shakir THORACIC SURGERY Reviews and Ratings

  About Huzaifa Shakir

  Explanation of Specialties

HUZAIFA SHAKIR is a specialist in THORACIC SURGERY. Other specialties include CARDIAC SURGERY.

THORACIC SURGERY: Thoracic surgeons -- who are often grouped with cardiac, or heart, specialists for cardiothoracic surgery -- operate on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and major blood vessels inside the chest, as well as the bony structures and tissues that form and support the chest cavity.Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing one person every 36 seconds. Experts estimate that someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. Lung cancer is the third most common cancer and the leadi... (more information)

CARDIAC SURGERY: A cardiac surgeon is a medical doctor who has advanced education and training in performing surgery on the heart and the major blood vessels around it. They may belong to different specialties or may choose to specialize in certain types of heart procedures, such as procedures done on children. (more information)

  Huzaifa Shakir Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	95.5
Final MIPS Score without CPB	89.3
PI Category Score	64.3
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 Huzaifa Shakir.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Huzaifa Shakir

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 4 office locations for Huzaifa Shakir.

350 ENGLE ST
ENGLEWOOD, NJ 76311
201-894-3158

350 ENGLE ST
ENGLEWOOD, NJ 76311
201-608-2800

150 BERGEN ST
NEWARK, NJ 71032
No phone number available

30 BERGEN ST
NEWARK, NJ 71073
973-972-0037

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Huzaifa Shakir

Doctors Groups:

MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF ENGLEWOOD PC

UNIVERSITY PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES OF NEW JERSEY INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

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