Katherine Hefner NURSE PRACTITIONER Reviews and Ratings

  About Katherine Hefner

  Explanation of Specialties

KATHERINE HEFNER is a specialist in NURSE PRACTITIONER. No other specialties were noted.

NURSE PRACTITIONER: A nurse practitioner is a health care professional who offers a wide range of acute, primary, and specialty care services, either alone or alongside a doctor. As primary care physicians leave the profession faster than they can be replaced, especially in rural areas, nurse practitioners play a larger role as primary care providers. They’re also vital to care in specialized medicine, which has its own physician shortages. There’s a lot of overlap in the roles of nurse practitioners and physic... (more information)

  Katherine Hefner Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	97.7
Final MIPS Score without CPB	93.6
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	92.5

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.

Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols

Yes

These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Katherine Hefner

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Katherine Hefner.

16 PHYSICIAN DR
CLYDE, NC 28721
828-456-9836

32 PHYSICIAN DR
CLYDE, NC 28721
828-564-9222

98 DOCTORS DR
SYLVA, NC 28779
No phone number available

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Katherine Hefner

Doctors Groups:

DLP WESTERN CAROLINA PHYSICIAN PRACTICES LLC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Hospital: HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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