Nicholas Velasquez NURSE PRACTITIONER Reviews and Ratings

  About Nicholas Velasquez

  Explanation of Specialties

NICHOLAS VELASQUEZ is a specialist in NURSE PRACTITIONER. No other specialties were noted.

NURSE PRACTITIONER: A nurse practitioner is a health care professional who offers a wide range of acute, primary, and specialty care services, either alone or alongside a doctor. As primary care physicians leave the profession faster than they can be replaced, especially in rural areas, nurse practitioners play a larger role as primary care providers. They’re also vital to care in specialized medicine, which has its own physician shortages. There’s a lot of overlap in the roles of nurse practitioners and physic... (more information)

  Nicholas Velasquez Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	96.1
PI Category Score	86.9
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.

There is no measure or activity data for Nicholas Velasquez.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Nicholas Velasquez

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 4 office locations for Nicholas Velasquez.

251 E HURON
CHICAGO, IL 60611
No phone number available

251 E HURON ST
CHICAGO, IL 60611
No phone number available

675 N ST CLAIR
CHICAGO, IL 60611
No phone number available

675 N SAINT CLAIR ST
CHICAGO, IL 60611
312-695-3800

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Nicholas Velasquez

Doctors Groups:

NORTHWESTERN MEDICAL FACULTY FOUNDATION

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

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