CARTHAGE AREA HOSPITAL, INC - CARTHAGE, NY

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Address

1001 WEST STREET
CARTHAGE, NY, 13619

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (315) 493-1000

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

Overall Star Rating: 4 Stars
Health Inspections Star Rating: 3 Stars
Nurse Staffing Star Rating: 4 Stars
Quality Measures Star Rating: 2 Stars
RN Only Star Rating: 3 Stars

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

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$17,289
New York:	$23,294

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,922
State:	$7,529

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	3.80%
New York:	1.43%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,913
State:	$15,605

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,215
State:	$4,967

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	7.91%
New York:	1.64%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,219
New York:	$21,478

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,091
State:	$7,326

Number of discharges: 30

Here:	9.49%
State:	2.35%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,167
New York:	$30,592

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,847
New York:	$10,182

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	4.11%
State:	1.87%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,691
State:	$16,960

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,435
State:	$6,071

Number of discharges: 27

Here:	8.54%
State:	1.51%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$15,462
State:	$18,668

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,392
State:	$6,361

Number of discharges: 36

This Hospital:	11.39%
State:	3.99%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$23,247
New York:	$26,907

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,908
New York:	$9,020

Number of discharges: 29

Here:	9.18%
State:	3.05%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,778
New York:	$17,445

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,914
New York:	$5,979

Number of discharges: 22

Here:	6.96%
New York:	1.37%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,875
New York:	$21,451

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,808
State:	$7,036

Number of discharges: 22

Here:	6.96%
New York:	2.87%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,271
State:	$18,413

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,148
New York:	$6,139

Number of discharges: 30

This Hospital:	9.49%
New York:	2.44%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$14,532
State:	$21,786

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,965
New York:	$7,426

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	4.75%
New York:	1.60%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$17,494
State:	$24,560

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,351
State:	$8,494

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	6.96%
State:	2.61%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$14,881
State:	$17,401

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,176
New York:	$5,941

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	6.33%
State:	1.04%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,640
New York:	$20,693

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,424
New York:	$6,227

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	4.11%
State:	1.33%

Provided Services

Anesthesia Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 24.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 42.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 142.50
Dieticians : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 3.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 2.75
Medical Social Workers : 1.75

Number Of Beds

Total: 48
Total Certified: 48
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 10

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 30%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
New York:	7%

Usually

Here:	20%
State:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	75%
State:	73%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	77%
State:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
New York:	15%

Usually

Here:	26%
New York:	27%

Always

This Hospital:	65%
New York:	58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
State:	9%

Usually

Here:	27%
New York:	25%

Always

This Hospital:	69%
New York:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	19%
State:	24%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	62%
State:	58%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
New York:	11%

Usually

Here:	18%
State:	22%

Always

Here:	77%
New York:	67%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
State:	17%

Usually

Here:	33%
New York:	34%

Always

Here:	55%
State:	49%

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

Yes

Here:	87%
State:	81%

Here:	13%
New York:	19%

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

6 or lower

Here:	14%
New York:	12%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	18%
New York:	27%

9 or 10

Here:	68%
State:	61%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	8%
State:	7%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	23%
State:	29%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	69%
New York:	64%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	4.600%
State:	11.437%

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

Here:	0.270%
State:	0.112%

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

This Hospital:	0.031%
New York:	0.030%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

This Hospital:	14
State:	10

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.3%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	99.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	58.0%
State:	92.8%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	87.0%
State:	93.8%

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

This Hospital:	76.0%
State:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.5%

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

This Hospital:	65.0%
State:	94.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	82.0%
New York:	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:	86.0%
New York:	97.6%

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

This Hospital:	90.0%
State:	96.4%

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

Here:	85.0%
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

This Hospital:	44.0%
State:	97.2%

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

Here:	44.0%
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%
New York:	99.8%

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

Here:	65.0%
New York:	94.9%

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

Here:	6.0%
New York:	94.4%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	99.1%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	17.3%
State:	14.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	12.7%
New York:	11.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	12.9%
State:	11.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	24.6%
State:	26.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.2%
New York:	19.8%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries

Here:	0.803%
State:	0.660%

Complaint Deficiency

Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide housekeeping and maintenance services: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Assess the resident when the resident enters the nursing home, in a timely manner: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that residents are safe from serious medication errors: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that doctors see a resident's plan of care at every visit and make notes about progress and orders in writing: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Choose a doctor to serve as the medical director to create resident care policies and coordinate medical care in the facility: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

An automatic smoke detection system in all hallways: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give each resident enough fluids to keep them healthy and prevent dehydration: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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