ARKANSAS HEART HOSPITAL - LITTLE ROCK, AR

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Addresss:
1701 S SHACKLEFORD ROAD
LITTLE ROCK, AR, 72211
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (501) 219-7000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 158.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 184.75
Dieticians : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 2.00
Respiratory Therapists : 4.25

Number Of Beds
Total: 84
Total Certified: 84

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,516
State:

$20,225
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,099
State:

$6,732
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

0.71%
Arkansas:

0.48%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,005
State:

$29,117
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,406
Arkansas:

$10,557
Number of discharges: 48
Here:

1.26%
State:

0.75%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,508
State:

$16,271
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,153
State:

$4,729
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

0.82%
Arkansas:

0.30%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,722
Arkansas:

$11,500
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,749
Arkansas:

$3,472
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

0.58%
Arkansas:

0.39%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,266
Arkansas:

$14,064
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,380
State:

$4,885
Number of discharges: 132
Here:

3.47%
State:

1.39%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,676
Arkansas:

$22,572
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,302
State:

$7,242
Number of discharges: 68
This Hospital:

1.79%
Arkansas:

0.80%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,052
State:

$9,784
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,006
Arkansas:

$3,320
Number of discharges: 250
This Hospital:

6.58%
Arkansas:

1.87%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,465
Arkansas:

$11,787
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$2,846
Arkansas:

$3,218
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

1.00%
State:

1.39%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,284
Arkansas:

$16,636
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,984
Arkansas:

$5,641
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.42%
Arkansas:

1.98%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,348
Arkansas:

$20,478
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,105
Arkansas:

$6,847
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

0.60%
State:

2.04%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,850
Arkansas:

$36,615
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,293
Arkansas:

$11,466
Number of discharges: 57
Here:

1.50%
Arkansas:

0.29%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,529
Arkansas:

$23,818
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,615
State:

$6,292
Number of discharges: 473
This Hospital:

12.44%
Arkansas:

2.74%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,562
Arkansas:

$15,315
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,713
Arkansas:

$4,305
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

0.95%
Arkansas:

3.62%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,490
Arkansas:

$24,697
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,226
Arkansas:

$5,933
Number of discharges: 66
Here:

1.74%
Arkansas:

0.75%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,987
Arkansas:

$20,408
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,260
State:

$5,982
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.39%
Arkansas:

1.92%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,362
Arkansas:

$17,465
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,108
State:

$5,859
Number of discharges: 146
Here:

3.84%
State:

3.17%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,559
State:

$28,268
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,721
Arkansas:

$8,662
Number of discharges: 63
Here:

1.66%
State:

2.18%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,196
Arkansas:

$12,406
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,481
Arkansas:

$3,978
Number of discharges: 72
Here:

1.89%
State:

1.65%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,067
State:

$10,568
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,227
Arkansas:

$3,564
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.37%
Arkansas:

0.35%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,707
State:

$15,028
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,380
Arkansas:

$4,813
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.29%
Arkansas:

0.87%
Major Cardiovasc Procedures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$69,365
State:

$61,790
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,363
State:

$18,094
Number of discharges: 71
Here:

1.87%
State:

0.55%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,219
State:

$12,527
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,425
Arkansas:

$4,040
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

0.50%
Arkansas:

2.37%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,627
Arkansas:

$16,570
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,794
Arkansas:

$5,827
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.32%
State:

0.22%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$50,512
Arkansas:

$53,930
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,685
Arkansas:

$14,403
Number of discharges: 93
Here:

2.45%
Arkansas:

0.47%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$56,322
State:

$65,909
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,146
State:

$18,975
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

0.97%
Arkansas:

0.31%
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$42,387
State:

$41,080
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,336
Arkansas:

$9,088
Number of discharges: 228
This Hospital:

6.00%
State:

0.64%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent with Major Complications or 4+ Vessels/Stents
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$53,511
Arkansas:

$68,171
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,412
State:

$19,187
Number of discharges: 100
This Hospital:

2.63%
Arkansas:

0.54%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$39,442
Arkansas:

$46,597
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,309
Arkansas:

$11,289
Number of discharges: 767
Here:

20.17%
Arkansas:

2.70%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Non-Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$36,024
Arkansas:

$48,325
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,393
State:

$10,231
Number of discharges: 409
Here:

10.76%
Arkansas:

1.04%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures without Coronary Artery Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,399
Arkansas:

$41,216
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,532
State:

$10,280
Number of discharges: 161
Here:

4.23%
Arkansas:

0.39%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,678
Arkansas:

$11,145
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,387
Arkansas:

$3,788
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.37%
State:

0.26%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$70,688
State:

$55,603
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,753
Arkansas:

$15,330
Number of discharges: 50
This Hospital:

1.32%
State:

0.41%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$57,422
Arkansas:

$47,954
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,461
State:

$11,658
Number of discharges: 63
Here:

1.66%
Arkansas:

0.46%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,870
Arkansas:

$24,038
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,423
State:

$7,745
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.34%
Arkansas:

0.29%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,782
State:

$15,818
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,074
Arkansas:

$4,830
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

0.63%
State:

1.41%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,471
Arkansas:

$18,999
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,244
Arkansas:

$6,047
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.37%
Arkansas:

1.85%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,562
Arkansas:

$31,360
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,236
Arkansas:

$10,155
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.29%
Arkansas:

1.26%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,719
State:

$42,898
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,587
Arkansas:

$13,634
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.37%
State:

0.95%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,629
State:

$31,667
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,700
State:

$11,118
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.29%
State:

3.87%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,457
Arkansas:

$19,585
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,198
State:

$5,984
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.34%
Arkansas:

3.51%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,493
Arkansas:

$29,919
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,417
Arkansas:

$8,721
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

0.68%
Arkansas:

1.84%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,988
State:

$15,348
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,765
Arkansas:

$4,495
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

0.76%
State:

1.19%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,146
State:

$13,440
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,743
Arkansas:

$4,330
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.39%
State:

0.83%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

0.387%
Arkansas:

0.180%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.281%
Arkansas:

0.062%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

0.700%
Arkansas:

3.184%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Arkansas:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

100.0%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

90.9%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

95.3%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Arkansas:

97.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

96.3%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

93.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Arkansas:

99.6%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
Arkansas:

96.3%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Arkansas:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

100.0%
Arkansas:

93.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
State:

93.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

95.8%

Surgery

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

99.0%
Arkansas:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

99.0%
Arkansas:

96.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

99.0%
Arkansas:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

100.0%
State:

96.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

100.0%
Arkansas:

97.8%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
Here:

100.0%
Arkansas:

95.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

91.2%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

99.0%
Arkansas:

95.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
Arkansas:

96.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

99.0%
Arkansas:

96.0%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

11.9%
Arkansas:

16.1%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

13.3%
Arkansas:

12.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

10.4%
Arkansas:

12.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

20.4%
Arkansas:

20.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

26.4%
State:

25.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.8%
Arkansas:

19.0%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 41%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

11%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

87%
State:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

12%
Arkansas:

13%
Always
Here:

85%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

10%
Usually
Here:

15%
Arkansas:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

82%
State:

66%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Arkansas:

7%
Usually
Here:

20%
Arkansas:

23%
Always
Here:

75%
Arkansas:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

15%
State:

20%
Usually
Here:

17%
Arkansas:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
State:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

12%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

84%
Arkansas:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

8%
Usually
Here:

24%
Arkansas:

27%
Always
Here:

72%
Arkansas:

65%

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

Yes
Here:

83%
Arkansas:

81%
No
This Hospital:

17%
State:

19%

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

6 or lower
Here:

2%
State:

9%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

9%
Arkansas:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

89%
Arkansas:

69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

2%
State:

6%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

6%
Arkansas:

25%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

92%
State:

69%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.101%
State:

0.772%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.101%
Arkansas:

0.471%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.101%
Arkansas:

0.527%

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