SOUTHWESTERN ULTRASOUND INC Review

  The Most Important Data about SOUTHWESTERN ULTRASOUND INC

In the briefest summary, SOUTHWESTERN ULTRASOUND INC is a medical group with 8 professionals providing medical services at 6 locations. They cover 5 specialties.SOUTHWESTERN ULTRASOUND INC is affiliated with 8 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

547254823

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

SOUTHWESTERN ULTRASOUND INC includes medical professionals from 5 specialties

Specialty	Number
CARDIAC SURGERY	1
INTERNAL MEDICINE	1
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY	1
DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY	7
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)	1

   Ratings for SOUTHWESTERN ULTRASOUND 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 SOUTHWESTERN ULTRASOUND INC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Financial Navigation Program	Yes
Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results	Yes
Optimizing Patient Exposure to Ionizing Radiation: Appropriateness: Follow-up CT Imaging for Incidentally Detected Pulmonary Nodules According to Recommended Guidelines	100%
Radiology: Reminder System for Screening Mammograms	100%
Radiology: Stenosis Measurement in Carotid Imaging Reports	100%

   SOUTHWESTERN ULTRASOUND INC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with SOUTHWESTERN ULTRASOUND INC

SOUTHWESTERN ULTRASOUND INC professionals work with these hospitals:

• BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
• BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH
• HOUSTON METHODIST BAYTOWN HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST SUGARLAND HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST WEST HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST WILLOWBROOK HOSPITAL
• UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

   Other Physician Groups

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