Norihisa Shigemura THORACIC SURGERY Reviews and Ratings

  About Norihisa Shigemura

  Explanation of Specialties

NORIHISA SHIGEMURA is a specialist in THORACIC SURGERY. No other specialties were noted.

THORACIC SURGERY: Thoracic surgeons -- who are often grouped with cardiac, or heart, specialists for cardiothoracic surgery -- operate on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and major blood vessels inside the chest, as well as the bony structures and tissues that form and support the chest cavity.Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, killing one person every 36 seconds. Experts estimate that someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. Lung cancer is the third most common cancer and the leadi... (more information)

  Norihisa Shigemura Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	94.4
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	93.5

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.

There is no measure or activity data for Norihisa Shigemura.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Norihisa Shigemura

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Norihisa Shigemura.

7600 CENTRAL AVE
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19111
215-722-3258

3509 N BROAD ST
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19140
215-707-2111

200 LOTHROP ST
PITTSBURGH, PA 15213
No phone number available

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Norihisa Shigemura

Doctors Groups:

TEMPLE FACULTY PRACTICE PLAN INC

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PHYSICIANS

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

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