Christine Cullen ANESTHESIOLOGY Reviews and Ratings

  About Christine Cullen

  Explanation of Specialties

CHRISTINE CULLEN is a specialist in ANESTHESIOLOGY. Other specialties include INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT, and 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)

PAIN MANAGEMENT: A pain management specialist is a doctor who evaluates your pain and treats a wide range of pain problems. A pain management doctor treats sudden pain problems such as headaches and many types of long-lasting, chronic, pain such as low back pain. Patients are seen in a pain clinic and can go home the same day. Pain management doctors offer a mix of medication-based treatments and procedures, that can stop the pain at its source. The types of pain treated by a pain management doctor fall into thr... (more information)

  Christine Cullen Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	99.3
Final MIPS Score without CPB	93.5
PI Category Score	78.2
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	100

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 Christine Cullen

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Christine Cullen.

920 CHURCH ST N
CONCORD, NC 28025
704-403-3000

8800 N TRYON ST
CHARLOTTE, NC 28262
704-863-6000

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Christine Cullen

Doctors Groups:

CHS ANESTHESIA SERVICES GROUP INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: ATRIUM HEALTH UNIVERSITY CITY

Hospital: CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHEAST

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