PINNACLE HEALTH CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE INC Review

  The Most Important Data about PINNACLE HEALTH CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE INC

In the briefest summary, PINNACLE HEALTH CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE INC is a medical group with 109 professionals providing medical services at 18 locations. They cover 15 specialties.PINNACLE HEALTH CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE INC is affiliated with 21 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

6901087006

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

PINNACLE HEALTH CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE INC includes medical professionals from 15 specialties

Specialty	Number
CARDIAC SURGERY	3
NURSE PRACTITIONER	21
PEDIATRIC MEDICINE	2
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	27
VASCULAR SURGERY	7
ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY	1
ANESTHESIOLOGY	1
INTERNAL MEDICINE	29
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY	9
GENERAL SURGERY	7
NUCLEAR MEDICINE	1
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)	42
THORACIC SURGERY	7
UNDERSEA AND HYPERBARIC MEDICINE	1
CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY	3

   Ratings for PINNACLE HEALTH CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE 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 PINNACLE HEALTH CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE INC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report	14%
Controlling High Blood Pressure	72%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	36%
Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy	91%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	99%
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)	77%
Heart Failure (HF): Beta-Blocker Therapy for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	96%
Immunization Registry Reporting	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Participation in CAHPS or other supplemental questionnaire	Yes
Practice Improvements for Bilateral Exchange of Patient Information	Yes
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	98%
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	83%
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Reconciling Health Information	19%
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information	42%
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults	7%
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes
e-Prescribing	94%

   PINNACLE HEALTH CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE INC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with PINNACLE HEALTH CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE INC

PINNACLE HEALTH CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE INC professionals work with these hospitals:

• ELLIOT HOSPITAL
• EVANSTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL
• FULTON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER
• GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL
• LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - POCONO
• MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER
• PENN HIGHLANDS HUNTINGDON
• PENN STATE HEALTH HOLY SPIRIT MEDICAL CENTER
• SALT LAKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL
• SENTARA OBICI HOSPITAL
• ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER
• UPMC CARLISLE
• UPMC HANOVER
• UPMC LITITZ
• UPMC MEMORIAL
• UPMC PINNACLE HOSPITALS
• UPMC WILLIAMSPORT
• WELLSPAN CHAMBERSBURG HOSPITAL
• WELLSPAN WAYNESBORO HOSPITAL
• WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL

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