MERCY HOSPITAL-FORT SCOTT - FORT SCOTT, KS

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Addresss:
401 WOODLAND HILLS BLVD
FORT SCOTT, KS, 66701
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (620) 223-7057

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

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 6.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 96.25
Other Salaried Personnel : 241.75
Dieticians : 0.25
Physical Therapists : 4.00
Registered Pharmacists : 3.50
Respiratory Therapists : 6.75
Physicians : 11.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.00
Physician Assistants : 2.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 49
Total Certified: 49
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 12

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery 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

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 29%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

2%
Kansas:

3%
Usually
Here:

13%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

85%
State:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
Kansas:

3%
Usually
Here:

12%
State:

14%
Always
Here:

85%
Kansas:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
State:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
Kansas:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

76%
Kansas:

70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Kansas:

5%
Usually
Here:

22%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

73%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

14%
Kansas:

17%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
Kansas:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
Kansas:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

80%
State:

75%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

28%
State:

28%
Always
Here:

69%
Kansas:

65%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

87%
Kansas:

85%
No
Here:

13%
State:

15%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

5%
State:

6%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

21%
Kansas:

20%
9 or 10
Here:

74%
State:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

3%
Kansas:

3%
Yes, probably
Here:

25%
State:

21%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

72%
State:

76%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.
This Hospital:

28.600%
State:

38.255%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

8.800%
State:

7.702%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.165%
State:

0.305%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.113%
Kansas:

0.037%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

5.600%
State:

5.166%

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

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,702
Kansas:

$13,239
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,644
Kansas:

$3,508
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

3.69%
Kansas:

1.82%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,162
State:

$17,653
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,938
State:

$5,185
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

5.23%
Kansas:

1.84%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,437
State:

$16,307
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,604
State:

$4,586
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

6.77%
Kansas:

1.40%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,410
Kansas:

$18,998
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,612
State:

$4,436
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

11.08%
State:

3.50%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,074
State:

$23,244
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,576
State:

$6,187
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

3.69%
Kansas:

2.12%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,461
Kansas:

$15,658
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,066
State:

$3,948
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

3.69%
State:

0.39%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,717
Kansas:

$22,644
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,238
Kansas:

$6,089
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

4.00%
Kansas:

2.91%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,203
State:

$35,549
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,777
Kansas:

$9,051
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

4.92%
State:

2.09%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,365
Kansas:

$15,099
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,213
Kansas:

$4,239
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

4.31%
State:

1.07%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,682
State:

$16,445
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,026
State:

$4,727
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

7.38%
State:

2.56%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$60,219
State:

$39,811
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,070
State:

$12,597
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

3.69%
Kansas:

10.01%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,559
State:

$15,554
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,355
State:

$4,223
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

11.08%
Kansas:

2.74%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$41,190
Kansas:

$32,652
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,198
Kansas:

$8,167
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

3.69%
Kansas:

1.70%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,349
Kansas:

$34,028
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,565
Kansas:

$7,655
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

3.38%
State:

0.23%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,530
Kansas:

$23,627
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,246
State:

$6,288
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

4.31%
State:

2.38%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,124
State:

$28,656
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,234
Kansas:

$8,935
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

4.00%
State:

0.89%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,099
State:

$22,493
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,558
Kansas:

$6,338
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

8.00%
State:

3.39%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,546
Kansas:

$16,144
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,534
State:

$4,432
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

7.08%
State:

1.39%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

10
State:

8
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

97.0%
Kansas:

96.1%

Heart Failure

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

98.0%
Kansas:

96.1%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

97.0%
Kansas:

89.1%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
Kansas:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Kansas:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

94.0%
State:

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

96.0%
Kansas:

92.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

98.0%
Kansas:

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%
Kansas:

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

100.0%
Kansas:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

97.0%
State:

98.5%
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:

96.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.7%
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%
Kansas:

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

86.0%
State:

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

100.0%
Kansas:

95.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

91.0%
Kansas:

95.9%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

13.5%
State:

12.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

15.3%
State:

12.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

24.1%
State:

24.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.8%
State:

18.2%

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