Althea Leitch-edwards PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Althea Leitch-edwards

  Explanation of Specialties

ALTHEA LEITCH-EDWARDS 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)

  Althea Leitch-edwards Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	95.2
Final MIPS Score without CPB	88.7
PI Category Score	88.9
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	84

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 Althea Leitch-edwards.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Althea Leitch-edwards

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Althea Leitch-edwards.

1211 MEDICAL CTR DR
NASHVILLE, TN 37232
615-322-5000

1301 MEDICAL CTR DR
NASHVILLE, TN 37232
615-322-5000

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Althea Leitch-edwards

Doctors Groups:

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

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