NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER INC Review

  The Most Important Data about NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER INC

In the briefest summary, NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER INC is a medical group with 44 professionals providing medical services at 5 locations. They cover 20 specialties.NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER INC is affiliated with 9 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

9739073479

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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 NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER INC. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER 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 NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER INC

NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER INC includes medical professionals from 20 specialties

Specialty	Number
HOSPITALIST	1
NURSE PRACTITIONER	9
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT	5
ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY	1
ANESTHESIOLOGY	5
CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE (CNM)	2
EMERGENCY MEDICINE	1
FAMILY PRACTICE	6
INTERNAL MEDICINE	2
GENERAL SURGERY	2
NEUROLOGY	1
OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY	3
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY	2
OTOLARYNGOLOGY	1
PULMONARY DISEASE	1
DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY	1
SLEEP MEDICINE	1
COLORECTAL SURGERY (PROCTOLOGY)	1
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CARDIOLOGY)	1
UROLOGY	1

   Ratings for NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER 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 NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER INC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Acute Otitis Externa (AOE): Systemic Antimicrobial Therapy Avoidance of Inappropriate Use	97%
Adult Sinusitis: Antibiotic Prescribed for Acute Viral Sinusitis (Overuse)	34%
Advance Care Plan	67%
Breast Cancer Screening	70%
Cervical Cancer Screening	51%
Clinical Data Registry Reporting	Yes
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report	48%
Colorectal Cancer Screening	69%
Controlling High Blood Pressure	66%
Diabetes: Eye Exam	4%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	24%
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
Functional Status Assessment for Total Hip Replacement	0%
Functional Status Assessment for Total Knee Replacement	0%
Health Information Exchange(HIE) Bi-Directional Exchange	Yes
Implementation of medication management practice improvements	Yes
ONC Direct Review Attestation	Yes
ONC-ACB Surveillance Attestation	Yes
Practice Improvements for Bilateral Exchange of Patient Information	Yes
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan	19%
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization	60%
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented	27%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	28%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	65%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	56%
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	55%
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Tobacco use	Yes
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes
e-Prescribing	97%

   NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER INC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER INC

NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER INC professionals work with these hospitals:

• CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER
• EXETER HOSPITAL INC
• LITTLETON REGIONAL HEALTHCARE
• MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
• NORTH COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER
• NORTHEASTERN VERMONT REGIONAL HOSPITAL
• RUTLAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER
• UNIV. OF VERMONT - FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE

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