UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY Review

  The Most Important Data about UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY

In the briefest summary, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY is a medical group with 109 professionals providing medical services at 20 locations. They cover 19 specialties.UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY is affiliated with 15 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

4082986088

   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 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY 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 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY includes medical professionals from 19 specialties

Specialty	Number
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS)	1
HOSPITALIST	1
NURSE PRACTITIONER	22
PAIN MANAGEMENT	1
PEDIATRIC MEDICINE	1
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	3
SPORTS MEDICINE	1
ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY	1
QUALIFIED AUDIOLOGIST	2
DERMATOLOGY	2
ENDOCRINOLOGY	3
FAMILY PRACTICE	16
INTERNAL MEDICINE	31
OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY	7
OTOLARYNGOLOGY	2
PSYCHIATRY	1
REGISTERED DIETITIAN OR NUTRITION PROFESSIONAL	2
RHEUMATOLOGY	6
UROLOGY	8

   Ratings for UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY

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 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Adult Sinusitis: Antibiotic Prescribed for Acute Viral Sinusitis (Overuse)	71%
Advance Care Plan	42%
Clinical Data Registry Reporting	Yes
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report	21%
Colorectal Cancer Screening	38%
Controlling High Blood Pressure	52%
Depression Remission at Twelve Months	3%
Depression screening	Yes
Diabetes: Eye Exam	22%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	26%
Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy	85%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	79%
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	47%
Health Information Exchange(HIE) Bi-Directional Exchange	Yes
Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	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	29%
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented	18%
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	61%
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	80%
Tobacco use	Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults	5%
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes
e-Prescribing	97%

   UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY professionals work with these hospitals:

• ACMH HOSPITAL
• JACKSON MEDICAL CENTER
• MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT GULFPORT
• MERIT HEALTH BILOXI
• MOBILE INFIRMARY MEDICAL CENTER
• OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-HANCOCK
• PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL
• SHANDS JACKSONVILLE
• SINGING RIVER GULFPORT
• SINGING RIVER HEALTH SYSTEM
• SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER
• THOMAS HOSPITAL
• USA HEALTH CHILDREN'S & WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
• USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
• WASHINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL

   Other Physician Groups

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