UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC Review

  The Most Important Data about UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC

In the briefest summary, UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC is a medical group with 11 professionals providing medical services at 6 locations. They cover 4 specialties.UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC is affiliated with 5 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

4183788847

   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 UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC 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 UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC

UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC includes medical professionals from 4 specialties

Specialty	Number
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	1
INTERNAL MEDICINE	6
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)	10
CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY	1

   Ratings for UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC

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 UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Appropriate Treatment for Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)	100%
Breast Cancer Screening	33%
Cervical Cancer Screening	12%
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report	1%
Colorectal Cancer Screening	30%
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Controlling High Blood Pressure	71%
Depression screening	Yes
Diabetes: Eye Exam	18%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	42%
Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy	89%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	97%
Electronic Case Reporting	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	44%
Health Information Exchange(HIE) Bi-Directional Exchange	Yes
Heart Failure (HF): Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB) or Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibitor (ARNI) Therapy for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	88%
Heart Failure (HF): Beta-Blocker Therapy for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	81%
Immunization Registry Reporting	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults	72%
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan	28%
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization	45%
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan	32%
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented	24%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	38%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	99%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	94%
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	100%
Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease	87%
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults	6%
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes
e-Prescribing	97%

   UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC

UPPER CHESAPEAKE CARDIOLOGY, LLC professionals work with these hospitals:

• MEDSTAR UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
• UMD UPPER CHESAPEAKE MEDICAL CENTER
• UNION HOSPITAL OF CECIL COUNTY
• UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER
• UNIVERSITY OF MD HARFORD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

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