Joseph Walek SLEEP MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Joseph Walek

  Explanation of Specialties

JOSEPH WALEK is a specialist in SLEEP MEDICINE. Other specialties include PULMONARY DISEASE.

SLEEP MEDICINE: Sleep medicine is a medical subspecialty focused on diagnosing and treating sleep disorders and other sleep-related concerns. Sleep disorders are common and, if left untreated, can have significant long-term consequences, such as increased risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. Sleep physicians, sometimes called somnologists, come from a variety of medical specialties, but they all have training in sleep medicine. To receive board certification in sleep medicine, doctors m... (more information)

PULMONARY DISEASE: Pulmonologists treat the cardio-pulmonary system, which consists of the heart, lungs, and organs involved in the respiratory process. They may work in office settings to treat patients with breathing disorders, severe allergies, lung problems, and other respiratory diseases. They may also treat patients with pulmonary disease who are in the intensive care unit (ICU). Aspiring pulmonologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. They then attend fellowship training for... (more information)

  Joseph Walek Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	92.9
PI Category Score	76.2
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 Joseph Walek

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for Joseph Walek.

250 GREEN ST
GARDNER, MA 14401
978-630-6460

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Joseph Walek

Doctors Groups:

HEYWOOD MEDICAL GROUP INC.

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: HEYWOOD HOSPITAL

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