RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL INC - RUTHERFORDTON, NC

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Address

288 SOUTH RIDGECREST AVE
RUTHERFORDTON, NC, 28139

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (828) 286-5000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,416
State:	$23,032

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,986
North Carolina:	$7,922

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	1.22%
State:	0.69%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$17,245
North Carolina:	$31,268

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,519
North Carolina:	$12,140

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.91%
State:	1.10%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,945
North Carolina:	$18,020

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,796
State:	$5,409

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.79%
North Carolina:	0.41%

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,312
State:	$11,840

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,819
State:	$4,012

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	1.16%
North Carolina:	0.57%

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,647
State:	$15,255

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,542
North Carolina:	$5,911

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	0.98%
State:	0.44%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,568
North Carolina:	$14,669

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,194
North Carolina:	$5,810

Number of discharges: 36

Here:	2.19%
North Carolina:	1.66%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$21,372
North Carolina:	$22,422

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,961
North Carolina:	$8,780

Number of discharges: 17

This Hospital:	1.04%
North Carolina:	1.07%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,694
State:	$10,855

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,665
North Carolina:	$3,934

Number of discharges: 38

Here:	2.32%
North Carolina:	1.74%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,167
North Carolina:	$13,979

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,294
North Carolina:	$5,681

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	1.52%
State:	1.56%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,733
State:	$12,542

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,436
State:	$3,788

Number of discharges: 64

This Hospital:	3.90%
North Carolina:	2.07%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,436
North Carolina:	$16,598

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,834
North Carolina:	$6,474

Number of discharges: 38

This Hospital:	2.32%
State:	1.95%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,628
North Carolina:	$20,025

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,421
State:	$7,977

Number of discharges: 40

Here:	2.44%
North Carolina:	2.12%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,752
North Carolina:	$13,090

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,534
North Carolina:	$4,841

Number of discharges: 42

Here:	2.56%
North Carolina:	1.35%

Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$26,186
North Carolina:	$25,160

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,672
State:	$7,715

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	0.73%
State:	1.96%

Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,762
State:	$18,343

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,464
State:	$6,343

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	1.04%
State:	0.37%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,355
State:	$14,802

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,066
North Carolina:	$5,742

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	1.16%
North Carolina:	0.86%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,657
State:	$14,805

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,531
State:	$5,010

Number of discharges: 56

Here:	3.41%
North Carolina:	3.29%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,115
North Carolina:	$17,587

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,134
North Carolina:	$6,877

Number of discharges: 34

Here:	2.07%
North Carolina:	2.04%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,857
North Carolina:	$16,617

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,483
State:	$6,986

Number of discharges: 68

Here:	4.14%
State:	3.07%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,359
North Carolina:	$23,957

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,432
North Carolina:	$10,019

Number of discharges: 34

This Hospital:	2.07%
North Carolina:	3.02%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,684
North Carolina:	$12,262

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,291
North Carolina:	$4,640

Number of discharges: 38

This Hospital:	2.32%
North Carolina:	1.14%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$26,024
North Carolina:	$36,549

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,028
State:	$12,287

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	1.10%
State:	1.15%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$19,609
North Carolina:	$29,817

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,257
North Carolina:	$10,162

Number of discharges: 31

Here:	1.89%
State:	0.26%

Hypertension without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,765
State:	$13,258

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,841
State:	$4,339

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.79%
State:	0.34%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,662
State:	$21,044

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,961
North Carolina:	$7,833

Number of discharges: 33

This Hospital:	2.01%
State:	1.70%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$16,892
North Carolina:	$16,936

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,018
State:	$5,642

Number of discharges: 26

This Hospital:	1.58%
North Carolina:	0.90%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,656
State:	$19,339

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,589
State:	$8,154

Number of discharges: 24

Here:	1.46%
State:	1.09%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,393
North Carolina:	$14,052

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,835
State:	$5,326

Number of discharges: 73

Here:	4.45%
North Carolina:	2.46%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$34,197
North Carolina:	$42,293

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,990
State:	$13,554

Number of discharges: 105

Here:	6.40%
North Carolina:	6.15%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$72,075
State:	$94,398

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$30,396
State:	$37,641

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.79%
State:	0.50%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,824
State:	$19,995

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,581
State:	$8,055

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	0.91%
State:	0.85%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,730
State:	$13,158

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,295
State:	$4,790

Number of discharges: 41

Here:	2.50%
North Carolina:	1.96%

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,048
North Carolina:	$18,330

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,374
North Carolina:	$7,138

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.85%
North Carolina:	0.55%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,297
State:	$13,125

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,814
North Carolina:	$4,359

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.91%
North Carolina:	0.45%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,464
State:	$21,562

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,835
State:	$8,579

Number of discharges: 64

This Hospital:	3.90%
State:	1.96%

Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,869
State:	$18,944

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,176
North Carolina:	$7,213

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	0.91%
North Carolina:	0.57%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,482
State:	$14,717

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,989
North Carolina:	$5,673

Number of discharges: 22

Here:	1.34%
State:	1.29%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$15,626
State:	$16,705

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,316
State:	$6,949

Number of discharges: 46

This Hospital:	2.80%
State:	2.38%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$22,897
North Carolina:	$26,632

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,681
State:	$11,435

Number of discharges: 27

This Hospital:	1.65%
State:	1.71%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$19,794
State:	$22,947

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,272
North Carolina:	$9,860

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	1.10%
North Carolina:	0.84%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,072
State:	$30,856

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,194
North Carolina:	$13,291

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	1.16%
State:	1.35%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$36,451
State:	$45,134

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,833
State:	$16,101

Number of discharges: 31

Here:	1.89%
State:	0.98%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,090
State:	$16,903

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,694
State:	$5,529

Number of discharges: 21

Here:	1.28%
State:	0.57%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$25,421
State:	$32,059

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,131
State:	$12,838

Number of discharges: 37

This Hospital:	2.25%
North Carolina:	5.09%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$16,449
State:	$19,865

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,059
North Carolina:	$7,684

Number of discharges: 52

Here:	3.17%
North Carolina:	1.78%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,022
State:	$13,822

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,267
North Carolina:	$4,799

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	1.34%
North Carolina:	0.58%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,907
State:	$17,495

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,188
North Carolina:	$6,811

Number of discharges: 63

Here:	3.84%
North Carolina:	2.26%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$17,730
State:	$25,424

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,758
North Carolina:	$9,800

Number of discharges: 50

This Hospital:	3.05%
North Carolina:	2.12%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,180
State:	$13,441

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,452
North Carolina:	$4,784

Number of discharges: 22

Here:	1.34%
North Carolina:	0.79%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,272
North Carolina:	$14,967

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,503
North Carolina:	$4,973

Number of discharges: 32

Here:	1.95%
State:	1.63%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,824
North Carolina:	$15,482

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,527
North Carolina:	$4,882

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	1.10%
North Carolina:	1.10%

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical 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
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 19.25
Registered Professional Nurses : 128.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 349.50
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 5.00
Dieticians : 2.00
Occupational Therapists : 2.00
Physical Therapists : 3.25
Registered Pharmacists : 4.25
Respiratory Therapists : 9.50
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 3.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.50
Physician Assistants : 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 143
Total Certified: 143
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 14

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	97.0%
North Carolina:	99.4%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.5%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.5%

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

Here:	18
State:	8

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital

This Hospital:	53
State:	49

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
North Carolina:	96.2%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

This Hospital:	89.0%
State:	98.3%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.5%

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	97.3%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	82.0%
State:	93.8%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.7%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
North Carolina:	95.8%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
North Carolina:	96.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.3%

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

Here:	95.0%
North Carolina:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	95.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
North Carolina:	97.2%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	98.8%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
North Carolina:	97.7%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.0%

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

Here:	98.0%
North Carolina:	97.5%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	98.4%

Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method

Here:	100.0%
North Carolina:	99.9%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	96.0%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.6%

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

Here:	80.0%
State:	97.7%

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

Here:	93.0%
North Carolina:	96.7%

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 Attack

Here:	16.3%
North Carolina:	15.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	14.4%
North Carolina:	11.5%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	12.7%
North Carolina:	12.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	20.1%
State:	19.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	26.6%
State:	24.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	20.1%
State:	18.8%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 26%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	77%
State:	80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
State:	4%

Usually

Here:	11%
North Carolina:	13%

Always

Here:	84%
North Carolina:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
North Carolina:	9%

Usually

Here:	22%
North Carolina:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	71%
North Carolina:	67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
State:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	70%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	22%
State:	19%

Usually

This Hospital:	13%
State:	16%

Always

This Hospital:	65%
North Carolina:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
North Carolina:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
North Carolina:	19%

Always

Here:	74%
North Carolina:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
State:	9%

Usually

Here:	28%
State:	28%

Always

Here:	65%
State:	63%

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

Yes

Here:	81%
State:	84%

This Hospital:	19%
North Carolina:	16%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	9%
State:	7%

7 or 8

Here:	22%
State:	23%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	69%
State:	70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	4%
State:	5%

Yes, probably

Here:	31%
North Carolina:	24%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	65%
State:	71%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries

Here:	0.546%
North Carolina:	0.641%

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

Here:	0.182%
State:	0.418%

Severe pressure sores (bed sores)

This Hospital:	0.182%
State:	0.266%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	37.100%
State:	33.381%

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

Here:	10.600%
State:	8.387%

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

Here:	0.027%
State:	0.085%

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

This Hospital:	0.005%
North Carolina:	0.026%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

Here:	9.900%
State:	5.566%

Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time

This Hospital:	0.900%
State:	2.465%

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