Joseph Kretschmar INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Joseph Kretschmar

  Explanation of Specialties

JOSEPH KRETSCHMAR is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include GASTROENTEROLOGY.

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)

GASTROENTEROLOGY: Gastroenterologists treat the functions and diseases of the digestive system.9This field attracts physicians who enjoy doing procedures, but who also like seeing patients in an outpatient setting. Gastroenterology is another sub-specialty of internal medicine. At minimum, gastroenterologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. From there, they need to attend fellowship training for gastroenterology. (more information)

  Joseph Kretschmar Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	96
PI Category Score	96
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	94.9

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.

There is no measure or activity data for Joseph Kretschmar.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Joseph Kretschmar

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Joseph Kretschmar.

438 E VANN RD
GREENEVILLE, TN 37743
No phone number available

1424 TUSCULUM BLVD
GREENEVILLE, TN 37745
423-783-5560

1406 TUSCULUM BLVD
GREENEVILLE, TN 37745
No phone number available

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Joseph Kretschmar

Doctors Groups:

TAKOMA REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Hospital: JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: WELLMONT BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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