SOUTHERN MEDICAL PARTNERS, LLC Review

  The Most Important Data about SOUTHERN MEDICAL PARTNERS, LLC

In the briefest summary, SOUTHERN MEDICAL PARTNERS, LLC is a medical group with 28 professionals providing medical services at 5 locations. They cover 5 specialties.SOUTHERN MEDICAL PARTNERS, LLC is affiliated with 17 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

8123923679

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

SOUTHERN MEDICAL PARTNERS, LLC includes medical professionals from 5 specialties

Specialty	Number
NURSE PRACTITIONER	12
EMERGENCY MEDICINE	10
FAMILY PRACTICE	7
INTERNAL MEDICINE	6
SLEEP MEDICINE	1

   Ratings for SOUTHERN MEDICAL PARTNERS, LLC

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 SOUTHERN MEDICAL PARTNERS, LLC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Acute Otitis Externa (AOE): Systemic Antimicrobial Therapy Avoidance of Inappropriate Use	100%
Adult Sinusitis: Antibiotic Prescribed for Acute Viral Sinusitis (Overuse)	6%
Adult Sinusitis: Appropriate Choice of Antibiotic: Amoxicillin With or Without Clavulanate Prescribed for Patients with Acute Bacterial Sinusitis (Appropriate Use)	100%
Advance Care Plan	100%
Avoidance of Antibiotic Treatment for Acute Bronchitis/Bronchiolitis	96%
Completion of an Accredited Safety or Quality Improvement Program	Yes
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	100%
Emergency Medicine: Emergency Department Utilization of CT for Minor Blunt Head Trauma for Patients Aged 18 Years and Older	100%
Emergency Medicine: Emergency Department Utilization of CT for Minor Blunt Head Trauma for Patients Aged 2 Through 17 Years	2%
Implementation of formal quality improvement methods, practice changes, or other practice improvement processes	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
Prevention of Central Venous Catheter (CVC) - Related Bloodstream Infections	100%
Tracking of clinicians relationship to and responsibility for a patient by reporting MACRA patient relationship codes.	Yes
Ultrasound Determination of Pregnancy Location for Pregnant Patients with Abdominal Pain	100%
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes

   SOUTHERN MEDICAL PARTNERS, LLC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with SOUTHERN MEDICAL PARTNERS, LLC

SOUTHERN MEDICAL PARTNERS, LLC professionals work with these hospitals:

• ARH OUR LADY OF THE WAY
• GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL
• HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL
• HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• HIGHLANDS ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• KNOX COUNTY HOSPITAL
• MARY BRECKINRIDGE ARH HOSPITAL
• MCDOWELL ARH HOSPITAL
• MERCY HOSPITAL ST LOUIS
• MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL
• MORGAN COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL
• PAINTSVILLE ARH HOSPITAL
• PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER
• SAINT JOSEPH BEREA
• SAINT JOSEPH EAST
• TUG VALLEY ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL

   Other Physician Groups

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