Willie Hester INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Willie Hester

  Explanation of Specialties

WILLIE HESTER is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include NEPHROLOGY.

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)

NEPHROLOGY: Nephrologists treat kidney disease and prescribe dialysis for those experiencing kidney failure. After medical school, these physicians attend an internal medicine residency program. They are then required to attend fellowship training for nephrology. (more information)

  Willie Hester Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	93.9
Final MIPS Score without CPB	84.9
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	82.3

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.

Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	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 Willie Hester

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Willie Hester.

421 S SHARON AMITY RD
CHARLOTTE, NC 28211
704-826-3722

288 S RIDGECREST AVE
RUTHERFORDTON, NC 28139
828-286-5000

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Willie Hester

Doctors Groups:

HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN SERVICES - SOUTHEAST PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: RUTHERFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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