Julie Childers INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Julie Childers

  Explanation of Specialties

JULIE CHILDERS is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include ADDICTION MEDICINE, and HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE.

INTERNAL MEDICINE: General internists provide primary care to adult patients. Internists usually have more hospital-based training than family practitioners. They may have an office-based practice or work as a hospitalist primarily seeing patients in the hospital. These physicians attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. Internists may then choose to pursue a fellowship to sub-specialize in a variety of other areas, like endocrinology (hormone-related conditions) or cardiology (heart-relat... (more information)

ADDICTION MEDICINE: Addiction medicine is a medical subspecialty, formally recognized since 1990, concerned with the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of persons with the disease of addiction, of those with substance-related health conditions, and of people who show unhealthy use of substances, including nicotine, alcohol, prescription medications, and other licit and illicit drugs. In 2016, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), officially recognized addiction medicine as a medi... (more information)

HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE: Hospice is available to people living with an end-stage disease including cancer, pulmonary disease, ALS, heart disease, HIV-AIDS, dementia, Alzheimer’s, and any other life-threatening illness. Hospice care is available to patients who no longer wish treatment directed at curing their disease. The hospice benefit is flexible. Initially, a physician certifies that the patient has a life expectancy of six months or less, if the disease follows its normal course. The first two certifications are ... (more information)

  Julie Childers Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	98.6
Final MIPS Score without CPB	94
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	92.9

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.

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Julie Childers

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 5 office locations for Julie Childers.

200 LOTHROP ST
PITTSBURGH, PA 15213
No phone number available

300 HALKET ST
PITTSBURGH, PA 15213
No phone number available

1400 LOCUST ST
PITTSBURGH, PA 15219
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1400 LOCUST ST
PITTSBURGH, PA 15219
412-232-8276

1515 LOCUST ST
PITTSBURGH, PA 15219
No phone number available

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Julie Childers

Doctors Groups:

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PHYSICIANS

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: UPMC MERCY

Hospital: UPMC PRESBYTERIAN SHADYSIDE

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