UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP Review

  The Most Important Data about UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP

In the briefest summary, UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP is a medical group with 88 professionals providing medical services at 6 locations. They cover 11 specialties.UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP is affiliated with 8 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

3971849175

   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 UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP 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 UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP

UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP includes medical professionals from 11 specialties

Specialty	Number
CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER	2
NURSE PRACTITIONER	16
PEDIATRIC MEDICINE	1
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	18
SPORTS MEDICINE	1
EMERGENCY MEDICINE	1
FAMILY PRACTICE	26
INTERNAL MEDICINE	21
HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE	1
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY	2
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST	4

   Ratings for UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP

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 UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Appropriate Testing for Pharyngitis	22%
Appropriate Treatment for Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)	97%
Breast Cancer Screening	21%
Cervical Cancer Screening	41%
Childhood Immunization Status	25%
Chlamydia Screening for Women	51%
Colorectal Cancer Screening	63%
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Controlling High Blood Pressure	68%
Diabetes screening	Yes
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	17%
Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy	89%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	88%
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	92%
Health Information Exchange(HIE) Bi-Directional Exchange	Yes
Immunization Registry Reporting	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Participation in CAHPS or other supplemental questionnaire	Yes
Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults	81%
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan	36%
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization	64%
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan	0%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	46%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	97%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	95%
Primary Caries Prevention Intervention as Offered by Primary Care Providers, including Dentists	0%
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	100%
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting	Yes
Tobacco use	Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults	9%
Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents	65%
Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents	1%
Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents	3%
e-Prescribing	99%

   UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP

UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH COMMUNITY GROUP professionals work with these hospitals:

• PALOMAR HEALTH DOWNTOWN CAMPUS
• PALOMAR MEDICAL CENTER POWAY
• PIONEERS MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE DISTRICT
• SCRIPPS GREEN HOSPITAL
• SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LA JOLLA
• SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER
• TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER
• UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH HILLCREST - HILLCREST MED CTR

   Other Physician Groups

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