NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC Review

Get our detailed analysis and review of CMS data for NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC.

Data is as of March 07, 2024.

  The Most Important Data about NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC

In the briefest summary, NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC is a medical group with 3 professionals providing medical services at 1 locations. They cover 3 specialties.NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC is affiliated with 5 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

244316495

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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 NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC does, their affiliations and much more. (If you want to jump to a specific section of the review, here are the section headers: Ratings, Specialities Covered, Office Locations, Affiliations, and Other Physician Groups.)

   Specialties Covered by NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC

NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC includes medical professionals from 3 specialties

Specialty Number
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS) 1
INTERNAL MEDICINE 3
PULMONARY DISEASE 1

   Ratings for NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC

When it comes to healthcare, patients want the best possible care and experience. Figuring this out and boiling it down to a few measures, can be difficult. The information below shows our best analysis. We review all of the the data from CMS. The information below summarizes the results of the most recent annual survey of health care providers called the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems or "CAHPS" as well as data used for the calculation of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System ("MIPS"). The most recent data for both of these datasets is calendar year 2021. According to the CMS website, the 2022 survey data is being finalized but they have not indicated when it will be publicly available.

CAHPS Survey Results

There is no information about the overall patient rating for NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC.

MIPS Measures

Measure Percent Compliance
Breast Cancer Screening 0%
Colorectal Cancer Screening 11%
Controlling High Blood Pressure 67%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%) 33%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record 96%
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization 26%
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented 16%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention 8%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention 71%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention 62%
Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record Yes
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information 99%
Public Health Registry Reporting Yes
Security Risk Analysis Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Reconciling Health Information Exclusion Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information Exclusion Yes
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion Yes
e-Prescribing 98%

   NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC Office Locations

13311 HARGRAVE RD, HOUSTON, TX 77070 Map
( 281-890-6800)
MUHAMMAD HANIF
INTERNAL MEDICINE
ASHIQUEALI POONAWALA
INTERNAL MEDICINE
IMRAN POONAWALA
INTERNAL MEDICINE

   Hospitals Affiliated with NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC

NORTHWEST INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PLLC professionals work with these hospitals:

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