Nels Kloster PSYCHIATRY Reviews and Ratings

  About Nels Kloster

  Explanation of Specialties

NELS KLOSTER is a specialist in PSYCHIATRY. Other specialties include ADDICTION MEDICINE.

PSYCHIATRY: Psychiatrics see people with various mental health issues, such as depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. They also have the credentials to prescribe medications for these conditions, which sets them apart from psychologists and counselors. After medical school and residency for psychiatry, some psychiatrists attend fellowships for a subspecialty. There are a number of different specialty areas within psychiatry, including child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction medicine, or eating disorder... (more information)

ADDICTION MEDICINE: Addiction medicine is a medical subspecialty, formally recognized since 1990, concerned with the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of persons with the disease of addiction, of those with substance-related health conditions, and of people who show unhealthy use of substances, including nicotine, alcohol, prescription medications, and other licit and illicit drugs. In 2016, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), officially recognized addiction medicine as a medi... (more information)

  Nels Kloster Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	77.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	67.8
PI Category Score	56
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	65.5

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.

Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
e-Prescribing
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Clinical Data Registry Reporting	Yes
Depression screening	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	69%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	50%
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Incorporating Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Tobacco use	Yes
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes

These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Nels Kloster

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Nels Kloster.

655 MAIN ST
BENNINGTON, VT 52012
802-448-5105

79 COVENTRY ST
NEWPORT, VT 58552
833-952-0829

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Nels Kloster

Doctors Groups:

SAVIDA HEALTH, PC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: BRATTLEBORO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

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