ADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER - SARANAC LAKE, NY

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Address

2233 STATE ROUTE 86
SARANAC LAKE, NY, 12983

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (518) 891-4141

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: ADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER ESRD

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,054
New York:	$15,244

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,935
New York:	$5,248

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	2.24%
State:	0.63%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,601
New York:	$23,294

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,685
New York:	$7,529

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	2.86%
New York:	1.43%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,531
New York:	$21,478

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,151
New York:	$7,326

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	3.88%
New York:	2.35%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,818
New York:	$23,013

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,570
State:	$8,087

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	2.45%
State:	1.94%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,764
State:	$18,668

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,856
State:	$6,361

Number of discharges: 32

Here:	6.53%
New York:	3.99%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,313
New York:	$27,960

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,749
New York:	$8,863

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	2.86%
New York:	1.98%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$14,192
State:	$26,907

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,102
New York:	$9,020

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	5.10%
State:	3.05%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$18,276
New York:	$41,330

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,158
New York:	$13,648

Number of discharges: 23

Here:	4.69%
New York:	2.38%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,877
State:	$17,445

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,753
State:	$5,979

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	2.86%
State:	1.37%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,996
New York:	$33,214

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,629
New York:	$10,434

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	2.86%
New York:	1.22%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,644
State:	$21,451

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,572
State:	$7,036

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	2.24%
State:	2.87%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$29,116
State:	$45,478

Average Total Payments

Here:	$14,522
New York:	$17,066

Number of discharges: 66

This Hospital:	13.47%
New York:	4.46%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$23,706
New York:	$61,440

Average Total Payments

Here:	$17,124
State:	$21,855

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	2.86%
State:	0.58%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$49,856
New York:	$128,517

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$38,858
State:	$46,905

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	2.24%
New York:	0.47%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,755
State:	$23,275

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,138
State:	$7,174

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	2.65%
New York:	1.10%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,424
State:	$18,413

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,667
New York:	$6,139

Number of discharges: 26

Here:	5.31%
State:	2.44%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,625
State:	$47,465

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,909
New York:	$17,315

Number of discharges: 94

This Hospital:	19.18%
New York:	5.04%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,306
New York:	$29,226

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,511
State:	$9,822

Number of discharges: 35

This Hospital:	7.14%
New York:	1.68%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,203
State:	$24,560

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,831
New York:	$8,494

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	2.86%
New York:	2.61%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$18,597
New York:	$38,332

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,635
State:	$12,495

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	3.06%
State:	1.49%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$14,090
New York:	$19,174

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,390
New York:	$6,619

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	2.65%
State:	3.39%

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 13.41
Registered Professional Nurses : 137.35
Other Salaried Personnel : 280.97
Dieticians : 2.21
Occupational Therapists : 2.00
Physical Therapists : 13.86
Registered Pharmacists : 3.17
Respiratory Therapists : 2.96
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 0.63
Physicians : 6.73
Medical Social Workers : 0.26
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 16.60
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 2.22
Physician Assistants : 12.90
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 9.57
Nurse Practitioners: 2.03

Number Of Beds

Total: 95
Total Certified: 95
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 12

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	92.0%
New York:	99.0%

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG

This Hospital:	6
New York:	10

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.3%

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival

Here:	91
State:	72

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

Here:	18
New York:	26

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Here:	96.0%
State:	99.1%

Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Here:	81.0%
New York:	94.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	100.0%
New York:	92.8%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival

This Hospital:	98.0%
New York:	93.8%

Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.5%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

Here:	94.0%
New York:	94.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	68.0%
New York:	90.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	94.0%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	97.6%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)

Here:	97.0%
New York:	96.4%

Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.7%

Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot

Here:	85.0%
State:	97.2%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries

Here:	85.0%
State:	98.1%

Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.8%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery

This Hospital:	87.0%
State:	92.6%

Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	95.0%

Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)

Here:	90.0%
New York:	94.9%

Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)

This Hospital:	90.0%
New York:	94.4%

Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal

Here:	99.0%
New York:	99.1%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	15.5%
State:	14.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.8%
New York:	11.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.9%
New York:	11.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	19.7%
New York:	20.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	24.5%
State:	26.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	19.8%
New York:	19.8%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries

Here:	0.442%
State:	0.660%

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

This Hospital:	0.442%
New York:	0.435%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.

This Hospital:	19.100%
State:	11.437%

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.

This Hospital:	0.612%
State:	0.112%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

This Hospital:	0.640%
State:	0.030%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

This Hospital:	9.200%
New York:	5.961%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 35%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
New York:	7%

Usually

Here:	15%
New York:	20%

Always

Here:	81%
State:	73%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
New York:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	11%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	85%
New York:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
State:	15%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
New York:	27%

Always

Here:	70%
New York:	58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
New York:	9%

Usually

Here:	21%
State:	25%

Always

Here:	74%
New York:	66%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	16%
State:	24%

Usually

Here:	16%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
New York:	58%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
State:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
State:	22%

Always

Here:	73%
New York:	67%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	13%
New York:	17%

Usually

Here:	35%
New York:	34%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
New York:	49%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes

This Hospital:	84%
New York:	81%

Here:	16%
New York:	19%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower

Here:	8%
New York:	12%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	24%
State:	27%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	68%
New York:	61%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	5%
New York:	7%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	24%
State:	29%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	71%
State:	64%

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