Cheng-kai Kao INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Cheng-kai Kao

  Explanation of Specialties

CHENG-KAI KAO is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include HOSPITALIST.

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)

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)

  Cheng-kai Kao Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	100
Final MIPS Score without CPB	91.8
PI Category Score	72.6
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 Cheng-kai Kao.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Cheng-kai Kao

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Cheng-kai Kao.

5841 S MARYLAND AVE
CHICAGO, IL 60637
773-702-1000

10855 VIRGINIA ST
CROWN POINT, IN 46307
888-824-0200

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Cheng-kai Kao

Doctors Groups:

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER

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