MEDICAL CENTER,THE - COLUMBUS, GA

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MEDICAL CENTER,THE
710 CENTER ST BOX 951
COLUMBUS, GA 31901

SHORT TERM HOSPITALS

Services provided by MEDICAL CENTER,THE:

Beds - Total (Total number of beds in a facility, including those in non-Participating or non-licensed areas): 417

Beds - Total certified (Number of beds in Medicare and/or Medicaid certified areas within a facility): 417

Residents (physicians) (The number of full-time equivalent residents (physicians) employed by a hospital): 30

Physicians (The number of full-time equivalent physicians employed by a provider): 10

Change of ownership counter (The number of times a change of ownership (chow) has taken place for a particular provider): 2

Prior change of ownership (The date of a prior change of ownership): Jul 1986

Accreditation effective date (The effective date of the current period of accreditation by the joint commission on accreditation of health care organizations (jcaho) or the american osteopathic association (aoa)): Jan 1989

Accreditation expiration date (The expiration date of the current period of accreditation by the joint committee on accreditation of health care organizations (jcaho) or the american osteopathic association (aoa)): Jan 1992

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

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

Current survey ever non-Accred (Indicates if this provider was a non-Accredited hospital anytine during the current survey): Yes

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

Date of validation survey (Date a validation survey is performed by the state agency in a jcah or aoa accredited hospital): Mar 1992

Dieticians (Number of full-time equivalent dieticians employed by a facility): 4

Inhalation therapists (Number of fulltime equivalent inhalation therapists employed by a hospital): 23

Licensed pract/vocat nurses (Number of full-time equivalent licensed practical or vocational nurses employed by a facility): 130

Medical school affiliation (The type of affiliation that a hospital may have with a medical school): LIMITED

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

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

Registered nurses (The number of full-time equivalent registered professional nurses employed by a provider): 214

Registered pharmacists (The number of full-time equivalent registered pharmacists employed by a provider): 16

Related provider number (This field is used when a provider's facility contains more than one distinct provider,such as a hospital with distinct part long term care. the number in this field will be the provider nmbr of the highest level of care): 110064

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): Yes

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

Srv: alcohol and/or drug (Indicates how alcohol and/or drug services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED BY STAFF

Srv: anesthesia (Indicates how anesthesia services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED UNDER ARRANGEMENT

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

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

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 AND UNDER ARRANGEMENT

Srv: hospice (Indicates how hospice services are provided by a hospital): PROVIDED UNDER ARRANGEMENT

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: long term care unit (Indicates how long term care unit 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 AND UNDER ARRANGEMENT

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 UNDER ARRANGEMENT

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 UNDER ARRANGEMENT

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

Srv: psychiatric (Indicates how psychiatric 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 AND UNDER ARRANGEMENT

Srv: radiology (therapeutic) (Indicates how therapeutic radiology services are provided by a hospital): 3

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

Srv: shock trauma (Indicates how shock trauma 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 UNDER ARRANGEMENT

Swing bed indicator (Indicates if a hospital provides swing bed services - Beds can be used for either hospital or long term care services): Yes

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

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): 6

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): Mar 1992

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): Jul 1966

Quality Measure Score

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Heart Attack Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	100%	82%	85%
Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival	86%	89%	93%
Heart Attack Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge	97%	86%	90%
Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Arrival	89%	84%	88%
Heart Attack Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge	100%	88%	91%
Heart Attack Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling	100%	89%	91%

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Heart Failure Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)	93%	81%	84%
Heart Failure Patients Given Discharge Instructions	78%	65%	66%
Heart Failure Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling	97%	89%	86%
Heart Failure Patients Given an Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic (LVS) Function	95%	83%	85%

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination	65%	70%	75%
Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination	88%	70%	75%
Pneumonia Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival	96%	91%	93%
Pneumonia Patients Given Oxygenation Assessment	100%	99%	99%
Pneumonia Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling	95%	86%	84%
Pneumonia Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)	88%	84%	86%
Pneumonia Patients Whose Initial Emergency Room Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To The Administration Of The First Hospital Dose Of Antibiotics	85%	88%	90%

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Surgery Patients Who Received Preventative Antibiotic(s) One Hour Before Incision	91%	75%	82%
Surgery Patients Who Received Treatment To Prevent Blood Clots Within 24 Hours Before or After Selected Surgeries to Prevent Blood Clots	83%	73%	75%
Surgery Patients Who Received the Appropriate Preventative Antibiotic(s) for Their Surgery	94%	88%	90%
Surgery Patients Whose Doctors Ordered Treatments to Prevent Blood Clots (Venous Thromboembolism) For Certain Types of Surgeries	90%	78%	79%
Surgery Patients Whose Preventative Antibiotic(s) are Stopped Within 24 hours After Surgery	79%	75%	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)	63%	65%	63%
Patients who gave a rating of 7 or 8 (medium)	24%	24%	26%
Patients who gave a rating of 6 or lower (low)	13%	11%	11%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Doctors always communicated well	82%	81%	79%
Doctors usually communicated well	13%	14%	16%
Doctors sometimes or never communicated well	5%	5%	5%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Nurses always communicated well	72%	74%	73%
Nurses usually communicated well	19%	19%	21%
Nurses sometimes or never communicated well	9%	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	59%	59%	60%
Patients usually received help as soon as they wanted	27%	27%	28%
Patients sometimes or never received help as soon as they wanted	14%	14%	12%

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

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Staff always explained	62%	59%	58%
Staff usually explained	16%	17%	18%
Staff sometimes or never explained	22%	24%	24%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Pain was always well controlled	71%	68%	67%
Pain was usually well controlled	20%	23%	25%
Pain was sometimes or never well controlled	9%	9%	8%

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

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Always quiet at night	61%	63%	54%
Usually quiet at night	26%	27%	32%
Sometimes or never quiet at night	13%	10%	14%

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

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
Room was always clean	71%	67%	68%
Room was usually clean	18%	21%	21%
Room was sometimes or never clean	11%	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	80%	78%	79%
No, staff did not give patients this information	20%	22%	21%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

	Here	State Average	Nation Average
YES, patients would definitely recommend the hospital	68%	68%	67%
YES, patients would probably recommend the hospital	25%	25%	27%
NO, patients would not recommend the hospital (they probably would not or definitely would not recommend it)	7%	7%	6%

Average Medicare Payment

Back & Neck Operations Except Back or Neck Fusion: $5835
Back & Neck Operations Except Back or Neck Fusion with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $8883
Back Fusion to Join Spine Bones, not Neck: $18356
Back Fusion to Join Spine Bones, not Neck, with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $22778
Chest Pain: $3574
Chronic Lung Disease: $5719
Diabetes in Adults: $4971
Female Reproductive System Reconstructive Operations: $4839
Gallbladder Removal Except By (non) Laparoscope with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $16563
Gallbladder Removal by Laparoscope with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $11943
Head and Neck Blood Vessel Operations: $6646
Heart Attack with Major Complications: $9372
Heart Attack without Complications: $6008
Heart Failure: $6760
Hernia Operations in Adults: $10616
Hernia Operations in Adults with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $9173
Insertion of Heart Defibrillator: $35964
Kidney and Bladder Operations for Cancer: $14451
Kidney and Bladder Operations with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $15479
Major Arm & Shoulder Operations with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $7273
Major Heart and Blood Vessel Procedures with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $28753
Major Small & Large Intestine Operations: $9332
Minor Small and Large Bowel Procedures With Complications: $22856
Neck Fusion to Join Bones with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $16088
Neck Fusion to Join Neck Bones: $10368
Other Bladder Operations Via the Urethra with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $7224
Other Bone, Joint & Organ Operations with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $11993
Other Kidney & Urinary Tract Operations: $13565
Pacemaker Implant: $13678
Pneumonia and Pleurisy in Adults With Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $6770
Removal of Prostate Via Urethra: $3744
Removal of Prostate Via Urethra with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $5489
Repair of Previous Hip or Knee Replacement: $15275
Replacement of Hip, Knee or Ankle or Reattachment of Thigh, Foot or Ankle: $15374
Sample of Bone Removed for Evaluation of Cancer, Infections or Other Bone Disorders: $12463
Stomach & Esophagus Operations in Adults with Complications or Preexisting Conditions: $25476
Uterus & Ovary Operations: $4822

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