Brenda Shell PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Brenda Shell

  Explanation of Specialties

BRENDA SHELL 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)

  Brenda Shell Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	87.9
Final MIPS Score without CPB	85.8
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	83.3

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.

Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention
Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling
Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results	Yes
Melanoma: Continuity of Care - Recall System	99%
Tobacco Use and Help with Quitting Among Adolescents	95%
Use of certified EHR to capture patient reported outcomes	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 Brenda Shell

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Brenda Shell.

532 BALTIMORE BLVD
WESTMINSTER, MD 21157
410-751-3840

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Brenda Shell

Doctors Groups:

WESTMINSTER DERMATOLOGY LLC

Medical Organizations:

Brenda Shell is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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