UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC Review

  The Most Important Data about UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC

In the briefest summary, UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC is a medical group with 25 professionals providing medical services at 6 locations. They cover 3 specialties.UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC is affiliated with 6 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

4183612799

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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 UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC 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 AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC includes medical professionals from 3 specialties

Specialty	Number
NURSE PRACTITIONER	1
VASCULAR SURGERY	8
GENERAL SURGERY	22

   Ratings for UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC

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 AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Appropriate Treatment for Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)	100%
Breast Cancer Screening	6%
Cervical Cancer Screening	37%
Chlamydia Screening for Women	5%
Colorectal Cancer Screening	10%
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Controlling High Blood Pressure	62%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	77%
Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy	82%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	58%
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	5%
Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults	9%
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan	17%
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization	8%
Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record	Yes
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease	71%
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults	0%

   UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SURGEONS INC professionals work with these hospitals:

• ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER
• KALEIDA HEALTH
• KENMORE MERCY HOSPITAL
• MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO
• NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
• SISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL

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