ATLANTA SOUTH NEPHROLOGY,PC Review

  The Most Important Data about ATLANTA SOUTH NEPHROLOGY,PC

In the briefest summary, ATLANTA SOUTH NEPHROLOGY,PC is a medical group with 8 professionals providing medical services at 8 locations. They cover 4 specialties.ATLANTA SOUTH NEPHROLOGY,PC is affiliated with 7 hospitals

National Provider Number (NPI):

9739137795

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

ATLANTA SOUTH NEPHROLOGY,PC includes medical professionals from 4 specialties

Specialty	Number
NURSE PRACTITIONER	1
INTERNAL MEDICINE	3
NEPHROLOGY	6
REGISTERED DIETITIAN OR NUTRITION PROFESSIONAL	1

   Ratings for ATLANTA SOUTH NEPHROLOGY,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 ATLANTA SOUTH NEPHROLOGY,PC.

MIPS Measures

Measure	Percent Compliance
Advance Care Plan	93%
Clinical Data Registry Reporting	Yes
Closing the Referral Loop: Receipt of Specialist Report	1%
Colorectal Cancer Screening	2%
Controlling High Blood Pressure	73%
Diabetes: Eye Exam	0%
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%)	52%
Diabetes: Medical Attention for Nephropathy	100%
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record	93%
Engagement of patients through implementation of improvements in patient portal	Yes
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	92%
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization	61%
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-Up Documented	30%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	50%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	93%
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	88%
Provide Patients Electronic Access to Their Health Information	74%
Public Health Registry Reporting	Yes
Security Risk Analysis	Yes
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease	80%
Tobacco use	Yes
Use of High-Risk Medications in Older Adults	0%
Use of decision support and standardized treatment protocols	Yes
e-Prescribing	97%

   ATLANTA SOUTH NEPHROLOGY,PC Office Locations

   Hospitals Affiliated with ATLANTA SOUTH NEPHROLOGY,PC

ATLANTA SOUTH NEPHROLOGY,PC professionals work with these hospitals:

• EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN
• NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL CHEROKEE
• PIEDMONT HOSPITAL
• PIEDMONT MOUNTAINSIDE HOSPITAL INC
• WELLSTAR COBB MEDICAL CENTER
• WELLSTAR DOUGLAS HOSPITAL
• WELLSTAR KENNESTONE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

   Other Physician Groups

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