RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC Review

  The Most Important Data about RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC

In the briefest summary, RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC is a medical group with 10 professionals providing medical services at 7 locations. They cover 8 specialties.RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC is affiliated with 7 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

941496202

   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 RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC 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 RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC

RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC includes medical professionals from 8 specialties

Specialty	Number
CARDIAC SURGERY	1
NURSE PRACTITIONER	1
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	1
VASCULAR SURGERY	1
INTERNAL MEDICINE	5
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)	7
THORACIC SURGERY	1
CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY	1

   Ratings for RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC

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 RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report	46%
Controlling High Blood Pressure	66%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	86%
Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy	78%
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	72%
Immunization Registry Reporting Exclusion	Yes
Implementation of Use of Specialist Reports Back to Referring Clinician or Group to Close Referral Loop	Yes
Implementation of fall screening and assessment programs	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented	26%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	16%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	97%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	93%
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	100%
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease	75%
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Reconciling Health Information	6%
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information Exclusion	Yes
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes
e-Prescribing	88%

   RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC

RIO GRANDE VALLEY CARDIOLOGY, PLLC professionals work with these hospitals:

• CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL CORPUS CHRISTI
• DOCTORS HOSPTAL AT RENAISSANCE
• METHODIST HOSPITAL
• METHODIST HOSPITAL STONE OAK
• RIO GRANDE REGIONAL HOSPITAL
• SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM
• STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

   Other Physician Groups

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