PATRICIA HIGGINS Review - (NURSE PRACTITIONER)
Get our detailed analysis and review of CMS data for PATRICIA HIGGINS.
Data is as of March 07, 2024.
The Most Important Data about PATRICIA HIGGINS
In the briefest summary, PATRICIA HIGGINS is a specialist in NURSE PRACTITIONER. No other specialties were noted. PATRICIA HIGGINS attended OTHER, graduating in 1998. She maintains 1 office locations. She is a part of 1 medical group. She is affiliated with 3 medical organizations (including hospitals, hospices, and skilled nursing facilities).
National Provider Number (NPI):
1003915596What is this page all about?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") compiles and distributes more than 17 tables of data on medical professionals on a sporadic basis. Some of the tables contain more than a million records which makes it very difficult to manage them. There is a lot of information to pour through when trying to understand PATRICIA HIGGINS. Luckily, we are here to help! We’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the PATRICIA HIGGINS does, their affiliations and much more. (If you want to jump to a specific section of the review, here are the section headers: Specialities, Ratings, Office Locations, Affiliations, and Other Doctors.
Specialties and Sub-Specialties:
PATRICIA HIGGINS is a specialist in NURSE PRACTITIONER. No other specialties were noted.
NURSE PRACTITIONER: A nurse practitioner is a health care professional who offers a wide range of acute, primary, and specialty care services, either alone or alongside a doctor. As primary care physicians leave the profession faster than they can be replaced, especially in rural areas, nurse practitioners play a larger role as primary care providers. They’re also vital to care in specialized medicine, which has its own physician shortages. There’s a lot of overlap in the roles of nurse practitioners and physic... (more information)
Reviews and Ratings
MIPS Scores for PATRICIA HIGGINS
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.
| Final MIPS Score | 89.7 |
| Final MIPS Score without CPB | 83.2 |
| PI Category Score | |
| IA Category Score | 40 |
| Quality Category Score | 80.2 |
Measures and Activities
These are important measures that CMS tracks for each doctor. Not all doctors or medical professionals have data.
| Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization | |
| Colorectal Cancer Screening | |
| Breast Cancer Screening | |
| Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention | |
| Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information | |
| e-Prescribing | |
| Diabetes: Eye Exam | |
| Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record | |
| Clinical Data Registry Reporting | Yes |
| Depression screening | Yes |
| Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%) | 35% |
| Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal | Yes |
| Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs | 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 | 36% |
| Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention | 30% |
| 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 |
Office Locations and Phone Numbers for PATRICIA HIGGINS
The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for PATRICIA HIGGINS.
865 DESHONG DR
PARIS, TX 75460
903-737-1111
Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for PATRICIA HIGGINS
Doctors Groups:
Medical Organizations:
Home Health Care Agency: CHAMBERS HOME HEALTH AGENCY OF NORTHEAST TEXAS COM
Hospital: PARIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Hospital: TITUS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
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