Mary Sheffield INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Mary Sheffield

  Explanation of Specialties

MARY SHEFFIELD is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include HEMATOLOGY, and HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY.

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)

HEMATOLOGY: A hematologist is a specialist in hematology, the science or study of blood, blood-forming organs and blood diseases. The medical aspect of hematology is concerned with the treatment of blood disorders and malignancies, including types of hemophilia, leukemia, lymphoma and sickle-cell anemia. Hematology is a branch of internal medicine that deals with the physiology, pathology, etiology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and prevention of blood-related disorders.Becoming a hematologist requires 7 ... (more information)

HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY: Hematologists-Oncologists also known as Heme Oncs, merge training in two medical specialties to provide healthcare services for blood diseases and cancers of all forms. Hematology-Oncology is a medical specialty that focuses on diagnosing and treating of patient with blood abnormalities as well as malignant diseases. Although Oncology (cancer) and Hematology (blood) are two distinct medical sub-specialties of Internal Medicine, they frequently overlap since many tumors influence the blood and vi... (more information)

  Mary Sheffield Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	85
Final MIPS Score without CPB	80.3
PI Category Score	68
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	81.6

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 Mary Sheffield.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Mary Sheffield

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Mary Sheffield.

3316 HWY 280
ALEXANDER CITY, AL 35010
256-329-7308

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Mary Sheffield

Doctors Groups:

THE RUSSELL HOSPITAL CORPORATION

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: RUSSELL MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: W PALM BEACH VA MEDICAL CENTER

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