COLUMBIA GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA Review

Get our detailed analysis and review of CMS data for COLUMBIA GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA.

Data is as of March 07, 2024.

  The Most Important Data about COLUMBIA GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA

In the briefest summary, COLUMBIA GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA is a medical group with 8 professionals providing medical services at 1 locations. They cover 3 specialties.COLUMBIA GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA is affiliated with 6 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

9234035759

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

COLUMBIA GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA includes medical professionals from 3 specialties

Specialty Number
NURSE PRACTITIONER 1
GASTROENTEROLOGY 7
INTERNAL MEDICINE 5

   Ratings for COLUMBIA GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA

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 COLUMBIA GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA.

MIPS Measures

Measure Percent Compliance
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report 56%
Colorectal Cancer Screening 85%
Controlling High Blood Pressure 74%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%) 96%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record 67%
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal Yes
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop Yes
Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults 12%
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan 29%
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults 1%

   COLUMBIA GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA Office Locations

2739 LAUREL ST, COLUMBIA, SC 29204 Map
( 803-799-4800)
WALTER BRISTOW
GASTROENTEROLOGY
JORGE GALAN
GASTROENTEROLOGY
EDWARD KIMBROUGH
GASTROENTEROLOGY
KATIE LIVINGSTON
NURSE PRACTITIONER
ANTHONY LOWMAN
GASTROENTEROLOGY
JAMES MANN (MD)
GASTROENTEROLOGY
GEORGE POSTIC
GASTROENTEROLOGY
FAITH VILLANUEVA
GASTROENTEROLOGY

   Hospitals Affiliated with COLUMBIA GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA

COLUMBIA GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PA professionals work with these hospitals:

   Other Physician Groups

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