SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP INC. Review

  The Most Important Data about SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP INC.

In the briefest summary, SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP INC. is a medical group with 20 professionals providing medical services at 5 locations. They cover 7 specialties.SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP INC. is affiliated with 8 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

8628045986

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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 SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP INC.. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP 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 SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP INC.

SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP INC. includes medical professionals from 7 specialties

Specialty	Number
NURSE PRACTITIONER	2
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	1
ADVANCED HEART FAILURE AND TRANSPLANT CARDIOLOGY	3
INTERNAL MEDICINE	6
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY	6
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)	14
CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY	1

   Ratings for SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP 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 SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP INC..

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Anticoagulant Management Improvements	Yes
Appropriate Use of DXA Scans in Women Under 65 Years Who Do Not Meet the Risk Factor Profile for Osteoporotic Fracture	0%
Controlling High Blood Pressure	64%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	100%
MIPS Eligible Clinician Leadership in Clinical Trials or CBPR	Yes
Measurement and Improvement at the Practice and Panel Level	Yes
Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults	0%
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan	30%
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults	0%
Use of telehealth services that expand practice access	Yes

   SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP INC. Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP INC.

SAN DIEGO CARDIAC CENTER MEDICAL GROUP INC. professionals work with these hospitals:

• ALVARADO HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
• DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• GROSSMONT HOSPITAL
• PALOMAR HEALTH DOWNTOWN CAMPUS
• SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL
• SHARP CHULA VISTA MEDICAL CENTER
• SHARP CORONADO HOSPITAL AND HLTHCR CTR
• SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

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