DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA Review

  The Most Important Data about DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA

In the briefest summary, DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA is a medical group with 23 professionals providing medical services at 5 locations. They cover 6 specialties.DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA is affiliated with 4 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

6507849601

   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 DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA 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 DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA

DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA includes medical professionals from 6 specialties

Specialty	Number
HOSPITALIST	1
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	10
FAMILY PRACTICE	1
GASTROENTEROLOGY	11
INTERNAL MEDICINE	10
PATHOLOGY	1

   Ratings for DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA

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 DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Adult Major Depressive Disorder (MDD): Suicide Risk Assessment	95%
Anti-Depressant Medication Management	78%
Anti-Depressant Medication Management	87%
Appropriate Treatment for Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)	95%
Breast Cancer Screening	67%
Cervical Cancer Screening	44%
Chlamydia Screening for Women	24%
Colorectal Cancer Screening	95%
Controlling High Blood Pressure	65%
Dementia: Cognitive Assessment	1%
Diabetes: Eye Exam	46%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	30%
Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy	93%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	100%
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	85%
Functional Status Assessment for Total Hip Replacement	0%
Functional Status Assessment for Total Knee Replacement	0%
HIV Screening	18%
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)	53%
Heart Failure (HF): Beta-Blocker Therapy for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	85%
Immunization Registry Reporting	Yes
Initiation and Engagement of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence Treatment	3%
Initiation and Engagement of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence Treatment	0%
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Oncology: Medical and Radiation Pain Intensity Quantified	11%
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization	55%
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan	68%
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented	29%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	78%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	100%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	96%
Primary Caries Prevention Intervention as Offered by Primary Care Providers, including Dentists	0%
Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG): Optic Nerve Evaluation	4%
Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record	Yes
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	100%
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease	72%
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Reconciling Health Information	73%
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information	19%
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults	21%
Use of QCDR data for ongoing practice assessment and improvements	Yes
Use of QCDR for feedback reports that incorporate population health	Yes
e-Prescribing	99%

   DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA

DIGESTIVE HEALTH SPECIALISTS PA professionals work with these hospitals:

• CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
• NORTHERN REGIONAL HOSPITAL
• NOVANT HEALTH FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER
• NOVANT HEALTH THOMASVILLE MEDICAL CENTER

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