CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA Review

  The Most Important Data about CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA

In the briefest summary, CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA is a medical group with 32 professionals providing medical services at 10 locations. They cover 6 specialties.CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA is affiliated with 9 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

3870577729

   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 CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA 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 CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA

CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA includes medical professionals from 6 specialties

Specialty	Number
CARDIAC SURGERY	4
NURSE PRACTITIONER	1
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	8
VASCULAR SURGERY	11
GENERAL SURGERY	5
THORACIC SURGERY	10

   Ratings for CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA

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 CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Clinical Data Registry Reporting	Yes
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report	23%
Controlling High Blood Pressure	44%
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD): Antiplatelet Therapy	78%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	100%
Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy	92%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	96%
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Health Information Exchange(HIE) Bi-Directional Exchange	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
Measurement and Improvement at the Practice and Panel Level	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Practice Improvements for Bilateral Exchange of Patient Information	Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan	27%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	58%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	96%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	91%
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	64%
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease	79%
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults	0%
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes
e-Prescribing	56%

   CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA

CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGEONS,PA professionals work with these hospitals:

• ASCENSION SETON HAYS
• ASCENSION SETON MEDICAL CENTER AUSTIN
• ASCENSION SETON WILLIAMSON
• CHRISTUS SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER
• NORTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER
• NORTHWEST HILLS SURGICAL HOSPITAL
• ROUND ROCK MEDICAL CENTER
• ST DAVID'S MEDICAL CENTER
• ST DAVID'S SOUTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER

   Other Physician Groups

This is a list of other physician groups that service the same geographic area. If you are not satisfied with your current doctor or group of doctors, these may be worth considering.