PHYSICIANS LINK CENTER LLC Review

  The Most Important Data about PHYSICIANS LINK CENTER LLC

In the briefest summary, PHYSICIANS LINK CENTER LLC is a medical group with 40 professionals providing medical services at 6 locations. They cover 5 specialties.PHYSICIANS LINK CENTER LLC is affiliated with 17 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

8527969492

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

PHYSICIANS LINK CENTER LLC includes medical professionals from 5 specialties

Specialty	Number
NURSE PRACTITIONER	13
PEDIATRIC MEDICINE	2
EMERGENCY MEDICINE	27
INTERNAL MEDICINE	1
PSYCHIATRY	1

   Ratings for PHYSICIANS LINK CENTER 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 PHYSICIANS LINK CENTER LLC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Acute Otitis Externa (AOE): Systemic Antimicrobial Therapy Avoidance of Inappropriate Use	84%
Adult Sinusitis: Antibiotic Prescribed for Acute Viral Sinusitis (Overuse)	24%
Appropriate Testing for Pharyngitis	95%
Appropriate Treatment for Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)	99%
Avoid Head CT for Patients with Uncomplicated Syncope	42%
Avoidance of Antibiotic Treatment for Acute Bronchitis/Bronchiolitis	95%
Collection and follow-up on patient experience and satisfaction data on beneficiary engagement	Yes
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	83%
Emergency Medicine: Emergency Department Utilization of CT for Minor Blunt Head Trauma for Patients Aged 18 Years and Older	94%
Leadership engagement in regular guidance and demonstrated commitment for implementing practice improvement changes	Yes
Prevention of Central Venous Catheter (CVC) - Related Bloodstream Infections	77%
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented	28%
Ultrasound Determination of Pregnancy Location for Pregnant Patients with Abdominal Pain	85%

   PHYSICIANS LINK CENTER LLC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with PHYSICIANS LINK CENTER LLC

PHYSICIANS LINK CENTER LLC professionals work with these hospitals:

• CLEVELAND CLINIC
• MERCY MEDICAL CENTER
• OHIOHEALTH MANSFIELD HOSPITAL
• PARMA COMMUNITY GENERAL HOSPITAL
• POMERENE HOSPITAL
• SALEM REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• SOUTHEASTERN OHIO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM
• UH CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER
• UH REGIONAL HOSPITALS
• UH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER
• UHHS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF GENEVA
• UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS - ELYRIA MEDICAL CENTER
• UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AHUJA MEDICAL CENTER
• UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER
• UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER
• UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER

   Other Physician Groups

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