Network adequacy gap check for a county

Tools it calls

Each tool's price and track record across every agent today. Empty means the call worked and found nothing.

# Network adequacy gap check for a county

For one county and a list of required specialties. Regulators test drive time from where members live, so measure from population centres, not the county seat.

## 1. Where members live

1. Resolve the county and its places with @[US Census Bureau · Geographies](alexandria:census-gov/census/geographies), then pull population by place or tract with @[US Census Bureau · Data](alexandria:census-gov/census/data) (acs/acs5). Keep the five largest population centres and the most remote populated place.

## 2. Who is available

2. For each required specialty, search @[NPI Registry · Search](alexandria:npiregistry-cms-hhs-gov/providers/search) (taxonomy_description, state, city or postal_code) in the county and adjacent counties. Keep NPI, name and practice address.
3. For hospitals, list facilities with @[CMS Care Compare · Hospitals](alexandria:data-cms-gov/clinician-procedure-volume/hospitals) (state, city) and read star rating with @[CMS Care Compare · Hospital](alexandria:data-cms-gov/clinician-procedure-volume/hospital) (ccn).

## 3. Time and distance

4. For each population centre and specialty, measure the drive to the nearest listed provider with @[Maps · Directions](alexandria:firecrawl-maps/businesses/directions) (origin = centre, destination = practice address, mode driving).
5. Confirm the nearest practice is real and open with @[Maps · Search](alexandria:firecrawl-maps/businesses/search) (practice name and town).

## Write the gap report

- **Matrix:** specialty by population centre, minutes and miles to nearest provider, pass or fail against the standard the user gives.
- **Failures:** specialty, worst centre, nearest provider outside the county as a recruiting target.
- **Contracting list:** providers to approach first, with NPI and address.
- **Sources:** NPIs, CCNs, ACS tables, map results. Note that the plan's own contracted roster is not in these sources and say what could not be found.

• Vaping policy impact snapshotby Firecrawl · uses 9 toolsUse when a tobacco control policy analyst at a health department or charity assesses vaping regulation for a briefing. Compares tobacco use prevalence across countries from WHO, tracks public search interest in vaping…
• Mosquito-borne disease season outlookby Firecrawl · uses 8 toolsUse when a state or county epidemiologist plans vector surveillance and messaging for the coming dengue or West Nile season. Compares recent temperature and rainfall with climate normals, checks rising public symptom…+1
• Measles resurgence early warningby Firecrawl · uses 6 toolsUse when a public-health analyst, NGO programme lead or travel-health team needs to know where measles is likely to come back next. Finds countries whose MCV1 and MCV2 coverage has slipped, checks whether search…
• Urgent care site demand and drive-time checkby Firecrawl · uses 8 toolsUse when an ambulatory network planner or urgent care development lead tests a proposed clinic address. Measures resident demand from Census data, counts competing urgent care and primary care nearby, checks drive time…
• Referral specialist vettingby Firecrawl · uses 10 toolsUse when a practice manager or care coordinator is deciding whether to add a specialist to a referral list. Checks the NPI record, state license status and discipline, Medicare procedure volume, patient review trend…+3
• Specialty practice roll-up target screenby Firecrawl · uses 8 toolsUse when a healthcare private equity associate builds a target list for a physician practice roll-up in one specialty and state. Lists group practices from the NPI Registry, confirms ownership and age through the state…+1