Karl Hurst-wicker PAIN MANAGEMENT Reviews and Ratings

  About Karl Hurst-wicker

  Explanation of Specialties

KARL HURST-WICKER is a specialist in PAIN MANAGEMENT. Other specialties include ANESTHESIOLOGY.

PAIN MANAGEMENT: A pain management specialist is a doctor who evaluates your pain and treats a wide range of pain problems. A pain management doctor treats sudden pain problems such as headaches and many types of long-lasting, chronic, pain such as low back pain. Patients are seen in a pain clinic and can go home the same day. Pain management doctors offer a mix of medication-based treatments and procedures, that can stop the pain at its source. The types of pain treated by a pain management doctor fall into thr... (more information)

ANESTHESIOLOGY: Anesthesiologists perform the sedation for surgery and other procedures. They also provide local anesthesia for mothers during delivery by inserting an epidural in the low back. There is also a sub-specialty of anesthesiology called Pain Medicine. Pain Medicine doctors evaluate and treat patients with various chronic pain conditions. Aspiring anesthesiologists must attend medical school followed by a residency program for anesthesiology. There are numerous subspecialties of anesthesiology the... (more information)

  Karl Hurst-wicker Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	91.5
Final MIPS Score without CPB	88.5
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	86.5

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.

Advance Care Plan
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Documentation of Signed Opioid Treatment Agreement
Evaluation or Interview for Risk of Opioid Misuse
Opioid Therapy Follow-up Evaluation
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Falls: Risk Assessment	0%

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

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Karl Hurst-wicker

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 3 office locations for Karl Hurst-wicker.

5590 W CHANDLER BLVD
CHANDLER, AZ 85226
602-633-4334

269 S CANDY LN
COTTONWOOD, AZ 86326
928-639-5588

269 S CANDY LN
COTTONWOOD, AZ 86326
928-634-1331

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Karl Hurst-wicker

Doctors Groups:

RED BUTTE HEALTHCARE

NORTHERN ARIZONA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: VERDE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER

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