HOUSTON CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOC INC Review

  The Most Important Data about HOUSTON CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOC INC

In the briefest summary, HOUSTON CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOC INC is a medical group with 28 professionals providing medical services at 8 locations. They cover 6 specialties.HOUSTON CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOC INC is affiliated with 13 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

7911992151

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

HOUSTON CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOC INC includes medical professionals from 6 specialties

Specialty	Number
NURSE PRACTITIONER	7
ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY	1
INTERNAL MEDICINE	7
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY	7
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)	18
CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY	4

   Ratings for HOUSTON CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOC 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 HOUSTON CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOC INC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Appropriate Use of DXA Scans in Women Under 65 Years Who Do Not Meet the Risk Factor Profile for Osteoporotic Fracture	0%
Chronic Care and Preventative Care Management for Empaneled Patients	Yes
Controlling High Blood Pressure	66%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	99%
Financial Navigation Program	Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan	72%
Tobacco use	Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults	0%
Use of telehealth services that expand practice access	Yes

   HOUSTON CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOC INC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with HOUSTON CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOC INC

HOUSTON CARDIOVASCULAR ASSOC INC professionals work with these hospitals:

• CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH
• HCA HOUSTON HEALTHCARE KINGWOOD
• HOUSTON METHODIST BAYTOWN HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST CLEAR LAKE HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST SUGARLAND HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST WEST HOSPITAL
• HOUSTON METHODIST WILLOWBROOK HOSPITAL
• MEMORIAL HERMANN - TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER
• MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL SYSTEM
• RICE MEDICAL CENTER
• TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL

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