SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC Review

  The Most Important Data about SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC

In the briefest summary, SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC is a medical group with 120 professionals providing medical services at 64 locations. They cover 27 specialties.SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC is affiliated with 29 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

6800056177

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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 SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC 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 SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC

SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC includes medical professionals from 27 specialties

Specialty	Number
CARDIAC SURGERY	2
CRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS)	1
NURSE PRACTITIONER	18
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	15
SPORTS MEDICINE	1
VASCULAR SURGERY	6
ANESTHESIOLOGY	4
CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE (CNM)	1
FAMILY PRACTICE	9
GASTROENTEROLOGY	2
INTERNAL MEDICINE	15
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY	4
GENERAL SURGERY	15
NEPHROLOGY	1
NEUROLOGY	1
NEUROSURGERY	8
OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY	9
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY	9
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE	1
RADIATION ONCOLOGY	1
SLEEP MEDICINE	1
COLORECTAL SURGERY (PROCTOLOGY)	4
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)	11
THORACIC SURGERY	4
UNDERSEA AND HYPERBARIC MEDICINE	1
UROLOGY	1
CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY	4

   Ratings for SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC

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 SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Cervical Cancer Screening	42%
Chlamydia Screening for Women	60%
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report	54%
Controlling High Blood Pressure	62%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	47%
Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy	83%
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	57%
Immunization Registry Reporting	Yes
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop	Yes
Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
Initiation and Engagement of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence Treatment	2%
Initiation and Engagement of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependence Treatment	0%
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	100%
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Reconciling Health Information	75%
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information	22%
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes
Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents	94%
Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents	14%
Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents	12%
e-Prescribing	92%

   SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC

SPECIALTY ASSOCIATES OF WEST HOUSTON PLLC professionals work with these hospitals:

• ASPIRE HOSPITAL
• CHI ST LUKE'S HEALTH BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ME
• CHRISTUS OCHSNER ST PATRICK HOSPITAL
• CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL KLEBERG
• COLUMBUS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
• CORPUS CHRISTI MEDICAL CENTER,THE
• HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER
• HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE CLEAR LAKE
• HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE CONROE
• HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE KINGWOOD
• HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE MEDICAL CENTER
• HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE NORTHWEST
• HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE PEARLAND
• HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE SOUTHEAST
• HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE TOMBALL
• HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE WEST
• HOUSTON METHODIST CLEAR LAKE HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST SUGARLAND HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST WILLOWBROOK HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON PHYSICIANS' HOSPITAL
• MEMORIAL HERMANN - TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER
• MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL SYSTEM
• MEMORIAL HERMANN MEMORIAL CITY HOSPITAL
• ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER
• TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL
• TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
• VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• WOMANS HOSPITAL OF TEXAS,THE

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