LEXINGTON MEDICAL CENTER - WEST COLUMBIA, SC

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LEXINGTON MEDICAL CENTER
2720 SUNSET BLVD
WEST COLUMBIA, SC 29169

SHORT TERM HOSPITALS

Services provided by LEXINGTON MEDICAL CENTER:

Beds - Total (Total number of beds in a facility, including those in non-Participating or non-licensed areas): 292

Beds - Total certified (Number of beds in Medicare and/or Medicaid certified areas within a facility): 292

Physicians (The number of full-time equivalent physicians employed by a provider): 69.70

Accreditation indicator (Indicates the organization that is responsible for the accreditation of the provider): JCAHO

Certified rn anesthetists (Number of full-time equivalent certified registered nurse anesthetists (crna) employed by a hospital): 19

Clia - Hosp lab id #1 (Number assigned to a hospital laboratory licensed in accordance with the clinical laboratory improvement act (clia)): 42D0665325

Current survey ever accredited (Indicates if this provider was an accredited hospital anytime during the current survey): Yes

Current survey ever non-Accred (Indicates if this provider was a non-Accredited hospital anytine during the current survey): No

Current survey ever swingbed (Indicates if this provider was a swingbed hospital anytime during the current survey): No

Date of validation survey (Date a validation survey is performed by the state agency in a jcah or aoa accredited hospital): Mar 1978

Dieticians (Number of full-time equivalent dieticians employed by a facility): 5

Inhalation therapists (Number of fulltime equivalent inhalation therapists employed by a hospital): 26.78

Licensed pract/vocat nurses (Number of full-time equivalent licensed practical or vocational nurses employed by a facility): 50.05

Medical school affiliation (The type of affiliation that a hospital may have with a medical school): NO AFFILIATION

Occupational therapists (The number of full time equivalent occupational therapists employed by a provider): 3

Other personnel (The number of full-time equivalent other salaried personnel employed by a facility): 1407.45

Participating code (y,n) (This code indicates whether a provider is participating in the Medicaid or Medicare program): Yes

Physical therapists (The number of full-time equivalent physical therapists employed by a provider): 6.80

Physician assistants (The number of full-time equivalent physician assistants employed by a hospital or rural health clinic): 2.60

Program participation (Indicates if the provider participates in Medicare, Medicaid, or both programs): MEDICARE AND MEDICAID

Regional override #2 (staffing) (This field is set to "y" when the regional office has to ok a pending record in the special fields screen. this field only applies to categories in the odie data entry system): Yes

Regional override #3 (nurse - Bed) (This field is set to "y" when the regional office has to ok a pending record in the special fields screen. this field only applies to categories in the odie data entry system): Yes

Registered nurses (The number of full-time equivalent registered professional nurses employed by a provider): 427.73

Registered pharmacists (The number of full-time equivalent registered pharmacists employed by a provider): 17.15

Resident program approved by ada (Indicates if the resident program at a hospital is approved by the american dental association): No

Resident program approved by ama (Indicates if the resident program at a hospital is approved by the american medical association): No

Resident program approved by aoa (Indicates if the resident program at a hospital is approved by the american osteopathic association): No

Resident program approved by other (Indicates if the resident program at a hospital is approved by other professional organizations): No

Srv: acute renal dialysis (Indicates how acute renal dialysis services are provided in a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: anesthesia (Indicates how anesthesia services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: blood bank (Indiciates how blood bank services are provided by a hospital): 1

Srv: dietary (Indicates how dietary services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: emergency services(organized) (Indicates how organized emergency services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: inpatient surgical (Indicates how inpatient surgical services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: intensive care unit (Indicates how intensive care unit services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: laboratory (anatomical) (Indicates how anatomical laboratory services are provided in a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: laboratory (clinical) (Indicates how clinical laboratory services are provided in a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: neonatal nursery (Indicates how neonatal nursery services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: nuclear medicine (Indicates how nuclear medicine services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: obstetrics (Indicates how obstetrics services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: occupational therapy (Indicates how occupational therapy services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: operating rooms (Indicates how operating room services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: outpatient (Indicates how outpatient services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: outpatient surgery unit (Indicates how outpatient surgery unit services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: pediatric (Indicates how pediatric services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: pharmacy (Indicates how pharmacy services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: physical therapy (Indicates how physical therapy services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: postoperative recovery room (Indicates how postoperative recovery room services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: radiology (diagnostic) (Indicates how diagnostic radiology services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: radiology (therapeutic) (Indicates how therapeutic radiology services are provided by a hospital): 1

Srv: rehabilitation (Indicates how rehabilitation services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: social (Indicates how social services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: speech pathology (Indicates how speech pathology services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Swing bed indicator (Indicates if a hospital provides swing bed services - Beds can be used for either hospital or long term care services): No

Type of facility (Indicates the category which represents the type of facility): SHORT - TERM

Speech pathologists, audiologists (The number of full-time equivalent speech pathologists or audiologists employed by a provider): 2

Srv: respiratory care (Indicates how respiratory care services are provided): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Medical social workers (Number of full-time equivalent medical social workers employed by a hospital or hospice): 10.05

Compliance: status (Indicates if a provider or supplier is in compliance with program requirements): IN COMPLIANCE

Current survey date (The date of the health or life safety code survey, whichever is later. the "official" survey date for the provider): Oct 2001

Eligibility code (Indicates if a facility is eligible to participate in the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs): ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE

Participation date (The date a facility is first approved to provide Medicare and/or Medicaid services): Jan 1971

Quality Measure Score

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Heart Attack Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	92%	89%	85%
Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival	92%	92%	93%
Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge	95%	89%	90%
Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Arrival	86%	90%	88%
Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge	97%	91%	91%
Heart Attack Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling	79%	96%	91%

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Heart Failure Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	86%	86%	84%
Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge Instructions	66%	72%	66%
Heart Failure Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling	96%	93%	86%
Heart Failure Patients Given an Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function	99%	90%	85%

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination	93%	82%	75%
Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination	96%	82%	75%
Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival	97%	94%	93%
Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment	100%	99%	99%
Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling	92%	90%	84%
Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)	86%	87%	86%
Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics	95%	90%	90%

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Surgery Patients Who Received Preventative Antibiotic(s) One Hour Before Incision	92%	84%	82%
Surgery Patients Who Received Treatment To Prevent Blood Clots Within 24 Hours Before or After Selected Surgeries to Prevent Blood Clots	85%	77%	75%
Surgery Patients Who Received the Appropriate Preventative Antibiotic(s) for Their Surgery	81%	92%	90%
Surgery Patients Whose Doctors Ordered Treatments to Prevent Blood Clots (Venous Thromboembolism) For Certain Types of Surgeries	90%	81%	79%
Surgery Patients Whose Preventative Antibiotic(s) are Stopped Within 24 hours After Surgery	64%	82%	78%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems Survey

How do patients rate the hospital overall?

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Patients who gave a rating of 9 or 10 (high)	75%	63%	63
Patients who gave a rating of 7 or 8 (medium)	20%	25%	26
Patients who gave a rating of 6 or lower (low)	5%	12%	11

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Doctors always communicated well	81%	81%	79
Doctors usually communicated well	15%	15%	16
Doctors sometimes or never communicated well	4%	4%	5

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Nurses always communicated well	79%	74%	73
Nurses usually communicated well	17%	19%	21
Nurses sometimes or never communicated well	4%	7%	6

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Patients always received help as soon as they wanted	66%	60%	60
Patients usually received help as soon as they wanted	24%	26%	28
Patients sometimes or never received help as soon as they wanted	10%	14%	12

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

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Staff always explained	64%	58%	58
Staff usually explained	15%	17%	18
Staff sometimes or never explained	21%	25%	24

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Pain was always well controlled	74%	68%	67
Pain was usually well controlled	21%	24%	25
Pain was sometimes or never well controlled	5%	8%	8

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

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Always quiet at night	62%	60%	54
Usually quiet at night	30%	30%	32
Sometimes or never quiet at night	8%	10%	14

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

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Room was always clean	77%	67%	68
Room was usually clean	15%	21%	21
Room was sometimes or never clean	8%	12%	11

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

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Yes, staff did give patients this information	84%	79%	79
No, staff did not give patients this information	16%	21%	21

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
YES, patients would definitely recommend the hospital	77%	66%	67
YES, patients would probably recommend the hospital	21%	27%	27
NO, patients would not recommend the hospital (they probably would not or definitely would not recommend it)	2%	7%	6

Average Medicare Payment

Angioplasty Procedures and Insertion of Drug Coated Stent into Heart Artery: $11543
Back & Neck Operations Except Back or Neck Fusion: $4801
Back & Neck Operations Except Back or Neck Fusion with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $19732
Back Fusion to Join Spine Bones, not Neck: $15682
Back Fusion to Join Spine Bones, not Neck, with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $18734
Chest Pain: $3075
Chronic Lung Disease: $4857
Diabetes in Adults: $3967
Female Reproductive System Reconstructive Operations: $3859
Gallbladder Removal By Laparoscope: $5624
Gallbladder Removal Except By (non) Laparoscope with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $20757
Gallbladder Removal by Laparoscope with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $10724
Head and Neck Blood Vessel Operations: $5665
Heart Attack with Major Complications: $7844
Heart Attack without Complications: $5046
Heart Failure: $5441
Hernia Operations in Adults: $4716
Hernia Operations in Adults with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $8049
Insertion of Heart Defibrillator with Examination of Heart through a Catheter: $36055
Kidney and Bladder Operations for Cancer: $18621
Kidney and Bladder Operations with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $12350
Major Arm & Shoulder Operations with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $8495
Major Heart and Blood Vessel Procedures with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $24151
Major Small & Large Intestine Operations: $8203
Minor Small and Large Bowel Procedures With Complications: $19543
Neck Fusion to Join Bones with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $12818
Neck Fusion to Join Neck Bones: $10104
Other Bladder Operations Via the Urethra with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $6182
Other Bone, Joint & Organ Operations with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $10246
Other Kidney & Urinary Tract Operations: $11685
Pacemaker Implant: $11039
Pneumonia and Pleurisy in Adults With Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $5339
Removal of Prostate Via Urethra: $2989
Removal of Prostate Via Urethra with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $4429
Repair of Previous Hip or Knee Replacement: $14600
Replacement of Hip, Knee or Ankle or Reattachment of Thigh, Foot or Ankle: $10742
Sample of Bone Removed for Evaluation of Cancer, Infections or Other Bone Disorders: $9949
Stomach & Esophagus Operations in Adults with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $23981
Two or More Hip, Knee or Ankle Operations: $15363
Uterus & Ovary Operations: $4132

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