Richard Nelson PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Richard Nelson

  Explanation of Specialties

RICHARD NELSON 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)

  Richard Nelson Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	98.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	93.5
PI Category Score	78.3
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 Richard Nelson.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Richard Nelson

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Richard Nelson.

191 BILTMORE AVE
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
828-254-0881

509 BILTMORE AVE
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
828-254-0881

15 TURTLE CREEK DR
ASHEVILLE, NC 28803
828-254-0881

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Richard Nelson

Doctors Groups:

DIGESTIVE HEALTH PARTNERS PA

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL AND ASHEVILLE SURGERY CE

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