Aletha Edison EMERGENCY MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Aletha Edison

  Explanation of Specialties

ALETHA EDISON is a specialist in EMERGENCY MEDICINE. Other specialties include FAMILY PRACTICE, and INTERNAL MEDICINE.

EMERGENCY MEDICINE: Emergency Medicine physicians are the doctors in the ER. They see a wide variety of conditions from cuts and burns to infections to heart attacks when they first occur. They are on the front lines of healthcare and often call in additional specialists like surgeons and cardiologist to care for patients. (more information)

FAMILY PRACTICE: Family Practice is a combination of Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Ob/Gyn. They are primary care physicians for children and adults, perform well-woman exams and sometimes even deliver babies. (more information)

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)

  Aletha Edison Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	95
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	93.7

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 Aletha Edison.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Aletha Edison

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Aletha Edison.

1416 6TH AVE SE
DECATUR, AL 35601
256-350-4999

8375 HWY 72 W
MADISON, AL 35758
256-265-5051

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Aletha Edison

Doctors Groups:

EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS GROUP

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL

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