Professor, Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch SOM
Family Medicine
Dr. Alvah R. Cass, MD
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Alvah Cass practices Family Medicine. He graduated from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He over the years received 2 awards: "Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program" and "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification". Doctor Alvah R. Cass, MD is a published doctor and has 27 publications published. The lastest was: 'Yellow fever 17D vaccine virus isolated from healthy vaccinees accumulates very few mutations.' Alvah R. Cass, MD accepts Medicare.
Publications
- Determining risk of vertebral osteoporosis in men: validation of the male osteoporosis risk estimation score.
- Mucosal associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the colon presenting as autoimmune hemolytic anemia (with video).
- Variations in glucose test ordering practices by diabetes risk factors.
- Development and internal validation of the male osteoporosis risk estimation score.
- Diabetes risk factors and testing in a Texas family medicine clinic.
- Osteoporosis risk assessment and ethnicity: validation and comparison of 2 clinical risk stratification instruments.
- Screening for bipolar disorder in patients treated for depression in a family medicine clinic.
- Preferences of husbands and wives for outcomes of prostate cancer screening and treatment.
- Roseomonas gilardii infection: case report and review.
- Development of a rural training track for Texas.
- Item bias in the CAGE screening test for alcohol use disorders.
- Investigation of a severity-based classification of mood and anxiety symptoms in primary care patients.
- Alcohol use disorders, consumption patterns, and health-related quality of life of primary care patients.
- Screening for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen test: are patients making informed decisions?
- A randomized controlled trial of shared decision making for prostate cancer screening.
- Health-related quality of life in primary care patients with recognized and unrecognized mood and anxiety disorders.
- Treatment for older men with fractures.
- Does the severity of mood and anxiety symptoms predict health care utilization?
- Diagnosing sinusitis.
- Recognition of mental health problems in primary care practices.
- Yellow fever 17D vaccine virus isolated from healthy vaccinees accumulates very few mutations.
- Validation of the Male Osteoporosis Risk Estimation Score (MORES) in a Primary Care Setting.
- Risk of obstructive sleep apnea in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- The accuracy of primary care patients'' self-reports of prostate-specific antigen testing.
- Psychological benefits of prostate cancer screening: the role of reassurance.
- Preferences of husbands and wives for prostate cancer screening.
Schools
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Hamot Med Center
Hershey School Med
Doctors Specialties
- Family Medicine
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Assurant Health
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Advantage HMO
- Blue Choice
- Cigna HMO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Emblem Health
- GEHA
- Health Alliance
- Choice Care PPO
- Preferred PPO
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- Molina
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Mutual of Omaha
- National Elevator
- Old Surety Life Insurance CompanyMedicare MCR
- Principal Life
- State Farm
- Tricare
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
- Worker's Compensation WC
Awards
- Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
Education
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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Hospital
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Mainland Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1912075623 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | CASS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ALVAH | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 775551385 | |
| NPPES Provider State | TX | |
| Specialty Description | Family Practice | |
| Total Claim Count | 1165.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 2.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 61.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 5.24 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1912075623 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | CASS |
| First Name Of The Provider | ALVAH |
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