PAULA POOK Review - (PREVENTIVE MEDICINE)

Get our detailed analysis and review of CMS data for PAULA POOK.

Data is as of March 07, 2024.

  The Most Important Data about PAULA POOK

In the briefest summary, PAULA POOK is a specialist in PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE. PAULA POOK attended UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DENVER, graduating in 1992. She maintains 1 office locations. She is a part of 1 medical group. She is affiliated with 1 medical organization (including hospitals, hospices, and skilled nursing facilities).

National Provider Number (NPI):

1710953112

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

PAULA POOK is a specialist in PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. Other specialties include INTERNAL MEDICINE.

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE: Preventive medicine is exactly what it sounds like — it aims to prevent sickness before it happens. The ideology behind preventive medicine focuses on protecting, promoting, and maintaining health and well-being. It also aims to avert disease, disability, and death on an individual basis, as well as on a large scale in communities and populations. Preventive medicine is promoted by all physicians, though some choose to specialize in it. Physicians in this specialty use biostatistics and epidem... (more information)

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)

   Reviews and Ratings

MIPS Scores for PAULA POOK

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 98
Final MIPS Score without CPB 93.2
PI Category Score 92
IA Category Score 40
Quality Category Score

Measures and Activities

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

There is no measure or activity data for PAULA POOK.

   Office Locations and Phone Numbers for PAULA POOK

The NursingHomeDatabase database has 1 office location for PAULA POOK.

1400 JACKSON ST
DENVER, CO 80206
303-398-1355

   Group and Medical Organization Affiliations for PAULA POOK

Doctors Groups:

NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH

Medical Organizations:

Hospital: SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL

   Other Doctors in the Area Specializing in PREVENTIVE MEDICINE that are similar to PAULA POOK

Sometimes the doctor you see isn't a good fit or you want to get a second opinions. This is a list of nearby doctors with the same specialization as PAULA POOK.