Chimalum Okafor INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Chimalum Okafor

  Explanation of Specialties

CHIMALUM OKAFOR 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)

  Chimalum Okafor Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	63.4
Final MIPS Score without CPB	55.6
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	47.8

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
Leadership engagement in regular guidance and demonstrated commitment for implementing practice improvement changes	Yes
Measurement and Improvement at the Practice and Panel Level	Yes
Participation in an AHRQ-listed patient safety organization.	Yes
Use of QCDR data for ongoing practice assessment and improvements	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 Chimalum Okafor

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 5 office locations for Chimalum Okafor.

7565 DANNAHER DR
POWELL, TN 37849
865-859-8000

10820 PARKSIDE DR
KNOXVILLE, TN 37934
865-218-7011

550 FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CTR DR
LENOIR CITY, TN 37772
865-271-6500

742 MIDDLE CREEK RD
SEVIERVILLE, TN 37862
865-446-7000

1140 LEXINGTON RD
GEORGETOWN, KY 40324
502-868-1201

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Chimalum Okafor

Doctors Groups:

SOUTHEASTERN PHYSICIAN SERVICES PC

HOSPITAL MEDICINE SERVICES OF TENNESSEE PC

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Hospital: FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Hospital: LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: PHYSICIANS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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