BIRMINGHAM GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PC Review

  The Most Important Data about BIRMINGHAM GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PC

In the briefest summary, BIRMINGHAM GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PC is a medical group with 43 professionals providing medical services at 13 locations. They cover 6 specialties.BIRMINGHAM GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PC is affiliated with 13 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

9537107594

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

BIRMINGHAM GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PC includes medical professionals from 6 specialties

Specialty	Number
CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA)	12
NURSE PRACTITIONER	8
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	4
GASTROENTEROLOGY	15
INTERNAL MEDICINE	14
PATHOLOGY	3

   Ratings for BIRMINGHAM GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PC

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 BIRMINGHAM GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Appropriate Follow-Up Interval for Normal Colonoscopy in Average Risk Patients	74%
Barretts Esophagus	87%
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report	43%
Colonoscopy Interval for Patients with a History of Adenomatous Polyps Avoidance of Inappropriate Use	80%
Colorectal Cancer Screening	83%
Controlling High Blood Pressure	52%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	98%
Immunization Registry Reporting	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Pneumococcal Vaccination Status for Older Adults	54%
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan	99%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	94%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	100%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	99%
Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling	100%
Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling	92%
Preventive Care and Screening: Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Screening & Brief Counseling	100%
Provide 24/7 Access to MIPS Eligible Clinicians or Groups Who Have Real-Time Access to Patient's Medical Record	Yes
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	99%
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Receiving and Reconciling Health Information	100%
Support Electronic Referral Loops By Sending Health Information	70%
Tracking of clinicians relationship to and responsibility for a patient by reporting MACRA patient relationship codes.	Yes
e-Prescribing	97%

   BIRMINGHAM GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with BIRMINGHAM GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PC

BIRMINGHAM GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES PC professionals work with these hospitals:

• BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH
• BROOKWOOD BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
• CALLAHAN EYE HOSPITAL
• COOSA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
• CULLMAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• GADSDEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• GRANDVIEW MEDICAL CENTER
• PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
• SHELBY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
• ST VINCENT'S BIRMINGHAM
• ST VINCENT'S ST CLAIR
• UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL
• WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER

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