CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER Review

  The Most Important Data about CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER

In the briefest summary, CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER is a medical group with 47 professionals providing medical services at 5 locations. They cover 13 specialties.CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER is affiliated with 11 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

5991041212

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

CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER includes medical professionals from 13 specialties

Specialty	Number
NURSE PRACTITIONER	16
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	2
SPORTS MEDICINE	1
GENERAL PRACTICE	1
EMERGENCY MEDICINE	2
FAMILY PRACTICE	20
INTERNAL MEDICINE	3
GERIATRIC MEDICINE	1
NEPHROLOGY	1
NEUROLOGY	1
OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY	1
PODIATRY	1
UROLOGY	2

   Ratings for CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER

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 CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Advance Care Planning	Yes
Care transition documentation practice improvements	Yes
Care transition standard operational improvements	Yes
Chronic Care and Preventative Care Management for Empaneled Patients	Yes
Collection and follow-up on patient experience and satisfaction data on beneficiary engagement	Yes
Collection and use of patient experience and satisfaction data on access	Yes
Communication of Unscheduled Visit for Adverse Drug Event and Nature of Event	Yes
Completion of an Accredited Safety or Quality Improvement Program	Yes
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Depression screening	Yes
Drug Cost Transparency	Yes
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up	Yes
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Enhancements/regular updates to practice websites/tools that also include considerations for patients with cognitive disabilities	Yes
Evidenced-based techniques to promote self-management into usual care	Yes
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop	Yes
Implementation of condition-specific chronic disease self-management support programs	Yes
Implementation of episodic care management practice improvements	Yes
Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs	Yes
Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
Implementation of methodologies for improvements in longitudinal care management for high risk patients	Yes
Improved Practices that Engage Patients Pre-Visit	Yes
Invasive Procedure or Surgery Anticoagulation Medication Management	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
Participation in MOC Part IV	Yes
Population empanelment	Yes
Practice Improvements for Bilateral Exchange of Patient Information	Yes
Primary Care Physician and Behavioral Health Bilateral Electronic Exchange of Information for Shared Patients	Yes
Promote Use of Patient-Reported Outcome Tools	Yes
Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record	Yes
RHC, IHS or FQHC quality improvement activities	Yes
Regular Review Practices in Place on Targeted Patient Population Needs	Yes
Regular training in care coordination	Yes
Regularly assess the patient experience of care through surveys, advisory councils and/or other mechanisms.	Yes
Tobacco use	Yes
Use evidence-based decision aids to support shared decision-making.	Yes
Use of certified EHR to capture patient reported outcomes	Yes
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes
Use of telehealth services that expand practice access	Yes

   CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER

CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER professionals work with these hospitals:

• ABBEVILLE AREA MEDICAL CENTER
• ADVENTHEALTH HENDERSONVILLE
• ATRIUM HEALTH CLEVELAND
• BLUE RIDGE HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS, INC
• CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER
• HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• PELHAM MEDICAL CENTER
• PRISMA HEALTH LAURENS COUNTY HOSPITAL
• RUTHERFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• SPARTANBURG MEDICAL CENTER
• UNION 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.