SOUTHERN ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES SC Review

  The Most Important Data about SOUTHERN ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES SC

In the briefest summary, SOUTHERN ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES SC is a medical group with 27 professionals providing medical services at 6 locations. They cover 8 specialties.SOUTHERN ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES SC is affiliated with 12 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

8921095514

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

SOUTHERN ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES SC includes medical professionals from 8 specialties

Specialty	Number
NURSE PRACTITIONER	2
PAIN MANAGEMENT	1
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	7
NEUROSURGERY	1
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY	1
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY	7
PHYSICAL THERAPY	7
PODIATRY	1

   Ratings for SOUTHERN ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES SC

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 ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES SC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Advance Care Plan	18%
Clinical Data Registry Reporting	Yes
Communication with the Physician or Other Clinician Managing On-Going Care Post-Fracture for Men and Women Aged 50 Years and Older	0%
Consultation of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program	Yes
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	88%
Elder Maltreatment Screen and Follow-Up Plan	4%
Falls: Plan of Care	75%
Falls: Risk Assessment	8%
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	1%
Functional Outcome Assessment	1%
Health Information Exchange(HIE) Bi-Directional Exchange	Yes
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
Perioperative Care: Selection of Prophylactic Antibiotic First OR Second-Generation Cephalosporin	1%
Practice Improvements for Bilateral Exchange of Patient Information	Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented	4%
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	86%
Query of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)	Yes
Screening for Osteoporosis for Women Aged 65-85 Years of Age	9%
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Tobacco Use and Help with Quitting Among Adolescents	98%
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults	1%
e-Prescribing	86%

   SOUTHERN ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES SC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with SOUTHERN ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES SC

SOUTHERN ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATES SC professionals work with these hospitals:

• ANNA HOSPITAL CORPORATION D/B/A UNION COUNTY HOSPITAL
• BAPTIST HEALTH PADUCAH
• FRANKLIN HOSPITAL
• HARRISBURG MEDICAL CENTER
• HEARTLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• HERRIN HOSPITAL
• MARSHALL BROWNING HOSPITAL
• MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
• MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF CARBONDALE
• PINCKNEYVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
• SPARTA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
• ST JOSEPH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

   Other Physician Groups

This is a list of other physician groups that service the same geographic area. If you are not satisfied with your current doctor or group of doctors, these may be worth considering.