THE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER OF ACADIANA - LAFAYETTE, LA

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Addresss:
2810 AMBASSADOR CAFFERY PARKWAY
LAFAYETTE, LA, 70506
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (337) 981-2949

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

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 10.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 2.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 166
Total Certified: 166
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 20

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

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 32%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
Louisiana:

4%
Usually
Here:

17%
Louisiana:

14%
Always
This Hospital:

76%
State:

82%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
State:

3%
Usually
Here:

13%
Louisiana:

11%
Always
This Hospital:

83%
Louisiana:

86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

14%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
Louisiana:

20%
Always
Here:

62%
State:

70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

19%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

73%
State:

75%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

21%
Louisiana:

17%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
State:

15%
Always
This Hospital:

63%
Louisiana:

68%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

14%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

67%
Louisiana:

74%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

24%
Louisiana:

21%
Always
Here:

69%
State:

73%

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

Yes
Here:

85%
Louisiana:

83%
No
Here:

15%
Louisiana:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

9%
Louisiana:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

21%
State:

18%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

70%
State:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

6%
State:

4%
Yes, probably
Here:

21%
State:

21%
Yes, definitely
Here:

73%
Louisiana:

75%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

0.224%
Louisiana:

0.309%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.150%
Louisiana:

0.092%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.182%
State:

0.686%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.364%
State:

1.429%

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

Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,023
Louisiana:

$14,058
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,887
State:

$3,826
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.84%
State:

0.31%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,186
State:

$18,676
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,345
State:

$5,133
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.71%
Louisiana:

1.34%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$46,605
State:

$30,959
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,586
State:

$7,872
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.03%
Louisiana:

0.83%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,745
State:

$11,957
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,701
State:

$3,525
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

1.55%
Louisiana:

1.75%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,282
State:

$17,074
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,417
Louisiana:

$5,195
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

1.61%
Louisiana:

2.37%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$88,150
State:

$51,959
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,510
State:

$12,811
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.03%
State:

0.46%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,161
Louisiana:

$14,727
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,597
Louisiana:

$3,579
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.16%
State:

1.32%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,601
State:

$22,169
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,248
Louisiana:

$5,961
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.16%
State:

2.01%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,980
Louisiana:

$30,887
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,939
Louisiana:

$7,375
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.74%
State:

2.15%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,732
State:

$15,410
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,547
State:

$4,526
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.68%
Louisiana:

1.96%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,225
Louisiana:

$32,751
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,510
State:

$7,080
Number of discharges: 90
This Hospital:

5.81%
Louisiana:

1.81%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$62,730
Louisiana:

$29,219
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,337
State:

$7,495
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.84%
Louisiana:

0.59%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,601
Louisiana:

$17,465
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,026
Louisiana:

$4,542
Number of discharges: 58
This Hospital:

3.74%
State:

3.45%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$51,507
Louisiana:

$31,187
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,786
State:

$6,362
Number of discharges: 43
This Hospital:

2.78%
State:

0.68%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,784
State:

$23,952
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,061
Louisiana:

$6,368
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.68%
State:

1.80%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,408
Louisiana:

$21,139
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,124
State:

$5,759
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.84%
State:

0.67%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,668
Louisiana:

$14,773
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,239
State:

$4,023
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.71%
Louisiana:

0.42%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,405
Louisiana:

$20,638
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,953
State:

$6,262
Number of discharges: 68
This Hospital:

4.39%
Louisiana:

4.02%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$48,183
State:

$34,212
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,339
State:

$9,181
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.68%
State:

3.07%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,926
State:

$13,296
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,764
State:

$4,242
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.29%
State:

2.07%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$72,801
State:

$45,151
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,098
Louisiana:

$11,427
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.03%
Louisiana:

0.96%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,469
State:

$14,249
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,908
Louisiana:

$4,055
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.90%
Louisiana:

0.36%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,917
State:

$26,393
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,389
State:

$7,158
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.42%
Louisiana:

1.56%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,716
State:

$16,881
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,108
Louisiana:

$4,786
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

2.19%
Louisiana:

4.16%
Major Cardiovasc Procedures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$103,681
Louisiana:

$79,648
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$20,245
Louisiana:

$19,414
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

2.19%
Louisiana:

0.48%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$76,557
State:

$48,840
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,833
State:

$13,051
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

1.87%
Louisiana:

4.93%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,816
State:

$22,710
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,865
State:

$7,159
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.97%
State:

0.94%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,203
Louisiana:

$13,945
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,537
Louisiana:

$4,247
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

1.87%
State:

2.82%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$107,646
State:

$74,287
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,822
Louisiana:

$15,907
Number of discharges: 166
This Hospital:

10.72%
Louisiana:

0.66%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$181,413
Louisiana:

$78,855
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$26,537
State:

$20,428
Number of discharges: 78
This Hospital:

5.04%
State:

0.76%
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$75,989
Louisiana:

$54,680
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,948
State:

$10,839
Number of discharges: 147
This Hospital:

9.49%
Louisiana:

0.48%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$76,712
Louisiana:

$69,459
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,976
State:

$13,367
Number of discharges: 47
This Hospital:

3.03%
Louisiana:

1.46%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Non-Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$86,914
State:

$61,482
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,012
Louisiana:

$11,313
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.55%
Louisiana:

0.30%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures without Coronary Artery Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$70,337
State:

$62,007
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,144
State:

$12,154
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.71%
Louisiana:

0.24%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$39,945
State:

$22,745
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,499
Louisiana:

$5,925
Number of discharges: 35
This Hospital:

2.26%
Louisiana:

0.54%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,633
State:

$15,057
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,197
State:

$4,083
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

1.94%
State:

0.33%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,469
State:

$15,539
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,195
Louisiana:

$5,075
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

2.13%
Louisiana:

2.33%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,112
State:

$22,786
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,659
Louisiana:

$6,275
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

2.07%
Louisiana:

2.48%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$51,122
Louisiana:

$34,569
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,832
State:

$10,222
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

2.07%
State:

1.75%
Renal Failure without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,193
State:

$14,437
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,446
State:

$4,034
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.71%
Louisiana:

0.26%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$88,489
State:

$55,174
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,386
Louisiana:

$14,638
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.16%
Louisiana:

1.12%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$79,200
Louisiana:

$43,898
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,970
State:

$11,975
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

1.55%
Louisiana:

4.23%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,039
Louisiana:

$23,889
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,476
Louisiana:

$6,196
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

1.87%
State:

3.35%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,907
State:

$16,578
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,538
Louisiana:

$4,361
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.16%
Louisiana:

1.62%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$155,176
State:

$90,080
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$26,581
State:

$25,446
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.42%
State:

0.98%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,698
State:

$17,947
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,807
State:

$4,506
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.42%
State:

1.33%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,553
State:

$19,103
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,788
State:

$4,576
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.97%
Louisiana:

0.87%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
Louisiana:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Louisiana:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
Louisiana:

89.8%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

99.0%
State:

96.0%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Louisiana:

97.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

95.0%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

98.0%
Louisiana:

90.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.3%

Pneumonia

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

96.0%
State:

95.1%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

98.0%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

92.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Louisiana:

90.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

93.5%

Surgery

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

100.0%
Louisiana:

97.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

95.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

99.0%
State:

95.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

98.0%
Louisiana:

96.5%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
This Hospital:

91.0%
Louisiana:

92.3%
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:

99.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

99.0%
Louisiana:

92.3%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
State:

95.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
Louisiana:

95.5%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

99.0%
State:

96.1%
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
This Hospital:

16.7%
Louisiana:

16.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

12.1%
State:

11.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

10.7%
State:

12.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

20.0%
Louisiana:

19.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

27.2%
State:

25.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

18.7%
State:

18.7%

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