Kathleen Ketchum PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Kathleen Ketchum

  Explanation of Specialties

KATHLEEN KETCHUM 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)

  Kathleen Ketchum Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	92.6
Final MIPS Score without CPB	90.1
PI Category Score	67
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.

Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
Clinical Data Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Collection and use of patient experience and satisfaction data on access	Yes
Electronic Case Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Public Health Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Incorporating Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Use of telehealth services that expand practice access	Yes
e-Prescribing Exclusion	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 Kathleen Ketchum

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Kathleen Ketchum.

3349 AMERICAN AVE
JEFFERSON CITY, MO 65109
573-635-9655

1 S KEENE ST
COLUMBIA, MO 65201
573-443-2402

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Kathleen Ketchum

Doctors Groups:

HEALTH QUEST PHYSICIANS GROUP, LLC

COLUMBIA ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP, LLP

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: BOONE HOSPITAL CENTER

Hospital: SSM HEALTH ST MARY'S HOSPITAL JEFFERSON CITY

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