Nathan Heckerson HOSPITALIST Reviews and Ratings

  About Nathan Heckerson

  Explanation of Specialties

NATHAN HECKERSON is a specialist in HOSPITALIST. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

HOSPITALIST: A hospitalist is a subspecialty of physician who treats patients solely in a hospital. Hospitalists practice what is known as hospital medicine, a medical specialty centered on the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Hospitalists do not maintain outside practices but provide exclusive care to patients during their hospital stay. This improves the oversight and consistency of care for patients while providing a timely response outside of your primary doctor's usual hospital rounds (times w... (more information)

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)

  Nathan Heckerson Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	89.2
Final MIPS Score without CPB	85.7
PI Category Score	74
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	88.2

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 Nathan Heckerson.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Nathan Heckerson

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Nathan Heckerson.

421 S MAPLE ST
GARNETT, KS 66032
785-204-8000

3066 N KENTUCKY ST
IOLA, KS 66749
920-365-1000

4401 WORNALL RD
KANSAS CITY, MO 64111
816-932-3100

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Nathan Heckerson

Doctors Groups:

SAINT LUKES PHYSICIAN GROUP INC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: SAINT LUKE'S EAST HOSPITAL

Hospital: ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF KANSAS CITY

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