ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP Review

  The Most Important Data about ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP

In the briefest summary, ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP is a medical group with 75 professionals providing medical services at 25 locations. They cover 12 specialties.ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP is affiliated with 23 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

840465084

   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 ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP 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 ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP

ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP includes medical professionals from 12 specialties

Specialty	Number
NURSE PRACTITIONER	19
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	2
VASCULAR SURGERY	7
ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY	1
CERTIFIED CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST (CNS)	1
INTERNAL MEDICINE	7
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY	15
GENERAL SURGERY	7
NUCLEAR MEDICINE	1
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE	1
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)	45
CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY	8

   Ratings for ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP

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 ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Advance Care Plan	93%
Anticoagulant Management Improvements	Yes
Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter: Chronic Anticoagulation Therapy	74%
Cardiac Rehabilitation Patient Referral from an Outpatient Setting	27%
Clinical Data Registry Reporting	Yes
Clinical Data Registry Reporting for Multiple Registry Engagement	Yes
Controlling High Blood Pressure	59%
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD): Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB) Therapy - Diabetes or Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVEF < 40%)	76%
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD): Antiplatelet Therapy	75%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	93%
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)	89%
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop	Yes
Implementation of improvements that contribute to more timely communication of test results	Yes
Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD) All or None Outcome Measure (Optimal Control)	42%
MIPS Eligible Clinician Leadership in Clinical Trials or CBPR	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
Participation in Population Health Research	Yes
Peripheral Artery Disease: Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk	78%
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan	95%
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented	27%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	96%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	91%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	91%
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	39%
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease	79%
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Reconciling Health Information	78%
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information	70%
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults	0%
Use of telehealth services that expand practice access	Yes
e-Prescribing	86%

   ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP

ALEXIAN BROTHERS SPECIALTY GROUP professionals work with these hospitals:

• ADVENTIST GLENOAKS
• ADVENTIST HINSDALE HOSPITAL
• ADVENTIST LA GRANGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
• ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL
• ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL
• ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL
• ALEXIAN BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER 1
• AMITA HEALTH RESURRECTION MEDICAL CENTER
• FRANCISCAN HEALTH OLYMPIA & CHICAGO HEIGHTS
• KATHERINE SHAW BETHEA HOSPITAL
• NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM - EVANSTON HOSPITAL
• NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL 1
• NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL
• NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE MCHENRY
• PRESENCE MERCY MEDICAL CENTER
• PRESENCE SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL
• PRESENCE SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL - CHICAGO
• PRESENCE SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL - ELGIN
• PRESENCE SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER
• PRESENCE SAINTS MARY AND ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTER
• PRESENCE ST MARYS HOSPITAL
• ST ALEXIUS MEDICAL CENTER
• SWEDISH HOSPITAL

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