Gigi Nickas HOSPITALIST Reviews and Ratings

  About Gigi Nickas

  Explanation of Specialties

GIGI NICKAS is a specialist in HOSPITALIST. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

HOSPITALIST: A hospitalist is a subspecialty of physician who treats patients solely in a hospital. Hospitalists practice what is known as hospital medicine, a medical specialty centered on the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Hospitalists do not maintain outside practices but provide exclusive care to patients during their hospital stay. This improves the oversight and consistency of care for patients while providing a timely response outside of your primary doctor's usual hospital rounds (times w... (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)

  Gigi Nickas Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	83.2
Final MIPS Score without CPB	76.5
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	72.3

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.

Advance Care Plan
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Leadership engagement in regular guidance and demonstrated commitment for implementing practice improvement changes	Yes
Measurement and Improvement at the Practice and Panel Level	Yes
Participation in an AHRQ-listed patient safety organization.	Yes
Use of QCDR data for ongoing practice assessment and improvements	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 Gigi Nickas

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Gigi Nickas.

1911 JOHNSON AVE
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93401
805-543-5353

1010 MURRAY AVE
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93405
805-546-7600

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Gigi Nickas

Doctors Groups:

VITUITY HOSPITALISTS PC

HOSPITAL MEDICINE OF CALIFORNIA INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER

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