EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER Review

  The Most Important Data about EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER

In the briefest summary, EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER is a medical group with 155 professionals providing medical services at 9 locations. They cover 5 specialties.EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER is affiliated with 12 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

5092618462

   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 EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER 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 EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER

EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER includes medical professionals from 5 specialties

Specialty	Number
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	41
EMERGENCY MEDICINE	112
FAMILY PRACTICE	1
INTERNAL MEDICINE	2
HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE	1

   Ratings for EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER

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 EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Acute Otitis Externa (AOE): Systemic Antimicrobial Therapy Avoidance of Inappropriate Use	100%
Adult Sinusitis: Antibiotic Prescribed for Acute Viral Sinusitis (Overuse)	6%
Appropriate Emergency Department Utilization of CT for Pulmonary Embolism	54%
Appropriate Foley catheter use in the emergency department	79%
Appropriate Treatment for Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)	99%
Avoid Head CT for Patients with Uncomplicated Syncope	79%
Avoidance of Antibiotic Treatment for Acute Bronchitis/Bronchiolitis	100%
Coagulation Studies in Patients Presenting with Chest Pain with No Coagulopathy or Bleeding	1%
Completion of an Accredited Safety or Quality Improvement Program	Yes
Emergency Department Utilization of CT for Minor Blunt Head Trauma for Patients Aged 18 Years and Older	76%
Implementation of formal quality improvement methods, practice changes, or other practice improvement processes	Yes
Leadership engagement in regular guidance and demonstrated commitment for implementing practice improvement changes	Yes
Measurement and Improvement at the Practice and Panel Level	Yes
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes

   EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER

EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER professionals work with these hospitals:

• BON SECOURS MARYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER
• CHESAPEAKE GENERAL HOSPITAL
• COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
• MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL AND ASHEVILLE SURGERY CE
• SENTARA ALBEMARLE MEDICAL CENTER
• SENTARA HALIFAX REGIONAL HOSPITAL
• SENTARA LEIGH HOSPITAL
• SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL
• SENTARA OBICI HOSPITAL
• SENTARA PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL
• SENTARA VIRGINIA BEACH GENERAL HOSPITAL
• SENTARA WILLIAMSBURG REGIONAL 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.