NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC Review

Get our detailed analysis and review of CMS data for NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC.

Data is as of March 07, 2024.

  The Most Important Data about NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC

In the briefest summary, NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC is a medical group with 15 professionals providing medical services at 1 locations. They cover 6 specialties.NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC is affiliated with 6 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

8426043381

   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 NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC 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 NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC

NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC includes medical professionals from 6 specialties

Specialty Number
NURSE PRACTITIONER 1
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT 6
ENDOCRINOLOGY 1
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 5
PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION 1
PHYSICAL THERAPY 1

   Ratings for NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC

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 NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC.

MIPS Measures

Measure Percent Compliance
Clinical Data Registry Reporting Exclusion Yes
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report 7%
Colorectal Cancer Screening 5%
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Yes
Controlling High Blood Pressure 27%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%) 55%
Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy 73%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record 35%
Electronic Case Reporting Exclusion Yes
Engagement of New Medicaid Patients and Follow-up Yes
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk 0%
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion Yes
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation Yes
Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults 18%
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan 17%
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization 8%
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented 4%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention 68%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention 31%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention 29%
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information 88%
Public Health Registry Reporting Exclusion Yes
Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) Yes
Security Risk Analysis Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Reconciling Health Information 42%
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information 14%
Syndromic Surveillance Reporting Exclusion Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults 1%
e-Prescribing 99%

   NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC Office Locations

1571 WASHINGTON ST, WATERTOWN, NY 13601 Map
( 315-782-1650)
BRUCE BAIRD (MD)
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
IVAN DRAZEK
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
CLAUDIA FISH
ENDOCRINOLOGY
KAREN FISH
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
STEVEN FISH
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
TIMOTHY GILLIAM
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
CAROLYN HETTRICH
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
HOWARD HUANG
PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
JOLENE LAFRANCE
NURSE PRACTITIONER
MICHAEL MAGEE
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
MICHAEL MCELHERAN
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
CHRISTOPHER MUELLER
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
BARRATT SCHULTZ
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
SHENG-HAN TSAI
PHYSICAL THERAPY
D PETER VANEENENAAM
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

   Hospitals Affiliated with NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC

NORTH COUNTRY ORTHOPAEDIC GROUP PC professionals work with these hospitals:

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