Richard Jacob PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Reviews and Ratings

  About Richard Jacob

  Explanation of Specialties

RICHARD JACOB 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)

  Richard Jacob Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	97.3
Final MIPS Score without CPB	94.4
PI Category Score	88
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	96.4

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 Richard Jacob.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Richard Jacob

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Richard Jacob.

1013 LAKE MURRAY BLVD
IRMO, SC 29063
803-256-4107

109 PARK PLACE CT
LEXINGTON, SC 29072
803-256-4107

1910 BLANDING ST
COLUMBIA, SC 29201
803-256-4107

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Richard Jacob

Doctors Groups:

MIDLANDS ORTHOPAEDICS AND NEUROSURGERY PA

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: MUSC HEALTH COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER DOWNTOWN

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