CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON Review - (INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT)

  The Most Important Data about CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON

In the briefest summary, CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON is a specialist in INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT. Other specialties include ANESTHESIOLOGY, and PAIN MANAGEMENT. CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON attended TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, graduating in 2007. He maintains 1 office locations. He is affiliated with 0 medical organization (including hospitals, hospices, and skilled nursing facilities).

National Provider Number (NPI):

1457795676

   What 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 CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON. Luckily, we are here to help! We’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON 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:

CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON is a specialist in INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT. Other specialties include ANESTHESIOLOGY, and PAIN MANAGEMENT.

INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT: If you’re in pain, interventional pain management can help you reduce pain and get you back to your life. Practitioners use cutting-edge treatment options along with holistic therapies. For example, a patient may receive nerve blocks or facet joint injections, along with reduced medication doses and physical therapy or chiropractic care to address the root of their pain issue. Practitioners look at the patient as a whole person, rather than just their pain. Because of this, interventional pain... (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)

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)

   Reviews and Ratings

MIPS Scores for CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON

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	76.8
Final MIPS Score without CPB	72.6
PI Category Score	98
IA Category Score	40
Quality Category Score	51.3

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: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly
e-Prescribing
Administration of the AHRQ Survey of Patient Safety Culture	Yes
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up	Yes
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop	Yes
Invasive Procedure or Surgery Anticoagulation Medication Management	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
Patient Medication Risk Education	Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	82%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	80%
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
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly	5%
Use of telehealth services that expand practice access	Yes

   Office Locations and Phone Numbers for CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON.

12702 TOEPPERWEIN RD
LIVE OAK, TX 78233
210-831-1509

   Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON

Doctors Groups:

CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON is not associated with any doctor groups.

Medical Organizations:

CHRISTIAN SAMUELSON is not affiliated with any hospitals.

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