Andrew Wiksten ANESTHESIOLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Andrew Wiksten

  Explanation of Specialties

ANDREW WIKSTEN is a specialist in ANESTHESIOLOGY. Other specialties include INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT.

ANESTHESIOLOGY: Anesthesiologists perform the sedation for surgery and other procedures. They also provide local anesthesia for mothers during delivery by inserting an epidural in the low back. There is also a sub-specialty of anesthesiology called Pain Medicine. Pain Medicine doctors evaluate and treat patients with various chronic pain conditions. Aspiring anesthesiologists must attend medical school followed by a residency program for anesthesiology. There are numerous subspecialties of anesthesiology the... (more information)

INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT: If you’re in pain, interventional pain management can help you reduce pain and get you back to your life. Practitioners use cutting-edge treatment options along with holistic therapies. For example, a patient may receive nerve blocks or facet joint injections, along with reduced medication doses and physical therapy or chiropractic care to address the root of their pain issue. Practitioners look at the patient as a whole person, rather than just their pain. Because of this, interventional pain... (more information)

  Andrew Wiksten Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	88.5
Final MIPS Score without CPB	84.3
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	81.5

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.

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  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Andrew Wiksten

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Andrew Wiksten.

823 SW MULVANE ST
TOPEKA, KS 66606
785-235-3451

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Andrew Wiksten

Doctors Groups:

ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES OF TOPEKA PA

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: STORMONT VAIL HOSPITAL

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