Pouneh Nikrooz INTERNAL MEDICINE Reviews and Ratings

  About Pouneh Nikrooz

  Explanation of Specialties

POUNEH NIKROOZ is a specialist in INTERNAL MEDICINE. Other specialties include GASTROENTEROLOGY.

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)

GASTROENTEROLOGY: Gastroenterologists treat the functions and diseases of the digestive system.9This field attracts physicians who enjoy doing procedures, but who also like seeing patients in an outpatient setting. Gastroenterology is another sub-specialty of internal medicine. At minimum, gastroenterologists attend medical school followed by an internal medicine residency. From there, they need to attend fellowship training for gastroenterology. (more information)

  Pouneh Nikrooz Performance Measures

Final MIPS Score	95.9
Final MIPS Score without CPB	91.9
PI Category Score
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	90.5

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.

There is no measure or activity data for Pouneh Nikrooz.

  Office Locations and Phone Numbers for Pouneh Nikrooz

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 2 office locations for Pouneh Nikrooz.

1470 E GASTON ST
LINCOLNTON, NC 28092
828-328-3300

415 N CTR ST
HICKORY, NC 28601
828-328-3300

  Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for Pouneh Nikrooz

Doctors Groups:

GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER

Hospital: FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

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