SOUTH FULTON MEDICAL CENTER - EAST POINT, GA

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Addresss:
1170 CLEVELAND AVENUE
EAST POINT, GA, 30344
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (404) 466-1100

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: No
Type: Rehabilitation Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 25.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 179.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 593.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 5.00
Respiratory Therapists : 20.00
Medical Social Workers : 3.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 302
Total Certified: 302
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 20

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency 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 Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

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

Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,519
Georgia:

$13,044
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,679
Georgia:

$4,214
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.86%
Georgia:

0.19%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$51,692
Georgia:

$19,527
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,532
Georgia:

$5,348
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.94%
State:

0.57%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$48,354
State:

$18,066
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,194
State:

$5,393
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.02%
Georgia:

1.36%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,503
Georgia:

$17,342
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,769
State:

$5,372
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

2.35%
Georgia:

1.61%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,368
State:

$15,911
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,951
Georgia:

$3,607
Number of discharges: 48
Here:

3.75%
State:

1.74%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$39,723
State:

$20,363
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,996
Georgia:

$6,113
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

2.35%
State:

2.30%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$65,960
Georgia:

$25,040
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,350
Georgia:

$7,413
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

2.11%
State:

2.25%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,690
State:

$15,346
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,275
State:

$4,587
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.72%
State:

1.80%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$48,849
State:

$28,361
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,679
Georgia:

$7,030
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.94%
State:

2.03%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$45,645
Georgia:

$17,959
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,939
State:

$5,418
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

2.03%
Georgia:

0.77%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$67,169
Georgia:

$27,355
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,418
State:

$7,627
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.17%
State:

0.70%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$54,535
Georgia:

$17,921
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,330
State:

$4,668
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.88%
Georgia:

3.05%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$48,867
State:

$22,011
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,336
State:

$6,499
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

1.95%
Georgia:

2.05%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$66,477
State:

$39,029
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,537
State:

$11,652
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.94%
Georgia:

0.72%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$45,509
State:

$19,560
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,445
Georgia:

$6,481
Number of discharges: 55
This Hospital:

4.30%
Georgia:

3.50%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$68,791
State:

$31,202
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,645
Georgia:

$9,507
Number of discharges: 44
Here:

3.44%
State:

3.03%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,691
State:

$13,448
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,190
State:

$4,372
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.49%
Georgia:

1.23%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$192,469
State:

$120,491
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$37,989
State:

$37,469
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.09%
Georgia:

0.57%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$72,728
State:

$25,991
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,262
State:

$7,265
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

2.89%
Georgia:

1.73%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$172,757
Georgia:

$42,912
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$19,854
State:

$12,604
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.33%
Georgia:

0.93%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$51,743
State:

$20,289
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,756
Georgia:

$5,383
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.02%
State:

0.79%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,902
Georgia:

$16,440
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,515
State:

$4,869
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.33%
State:

3.08%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$109,073
State:

$46,857
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,100
State:

$13,303
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

1.95%
State:

5.88%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$177,498
State:

$55,876
Average Total Payments
Here:

$18,673
Georgia:

$16,527
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.94%
State:

0.75%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$67,439
State:

$22,776
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,637
State:

$7,451
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.88%
State:

1.12%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,175
Georgia:

$14,725
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,924
State:

$4,421
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

2.97%
State:

2.20%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$65,193
State:

$37,446
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,041
State:

$12,430
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.86%
State:

0.92%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,113
State:

$19,380
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,899
Georgia:

$6,413
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.09%
State:

0.52%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,169
Georgia:

$14,824
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,435
Georgia:

$6,605
Number of discharges: 175
This Hospital:

13.68%
State:

0.62%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$69,134
Georgia:

$28,786
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,466
State:

$8,091
Number of discharges: 55
This Hospital:

4.30%
Georgia:

1.99%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$72,249
State:

$24,387
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,011
Georgia:

$6,805
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.94%
Georgia:

0.48%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$36,294
State:

$17,108
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,720
Georgia:

$5,275
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.72%
State:

1.49%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$56,075
State:

$20,836
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,357
State:

$6,507
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

2.03%
Georgia:

2.62%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$75,924
Georgia:

$32,753
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,299
Georgia:

$10,664
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

2.58%
Georgia:

1.84%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$196,054
State:

$123,347
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$33,129
State:

$35,973
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.33%
State:

0.37%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$100,977
Georgia:

$52,482
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,245
State:

$14,739
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.17%
Georgia:

1.05%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$49,010
Georgia:

$19,683
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,531
Georgia:

$5,153
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

1.88%
State:

0.62%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$230,282
Georgia:

$138,586
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$40,340
Georgia:

$41,504
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.41%
Georgia:

0.34%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$97,554
State:

$41,116
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,770
Georgia:

$12,225
Number of discharges: 87
Here:

6.80%
State:

4.78%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$70,563
Georgia:

$23,222
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,249
State:

$7,264
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.72%
State:

1.59%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$55,257
Georgia:

$22,144
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,466
Georgia:

$6,410
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

2.35%
State:

2.75%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$75,212
Georgia:

$32,348
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,142
Georgia:

$9,197
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.25%
Georgia:

2.08%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$241,250
State:

$87,780
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$34,067
Georgia:

$26,304
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.41%
Georgia:

1.23%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,147
State:

$18,313
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,209
Georgia:

$4,627
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

2.97%
Georgia:

1.59%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$54,265
Georgia:

$19,753
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,458
Georgia:

$4,796
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

1.88%
State:

0.99%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.234%
State:

0.689%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

1.406%
State:

0.572%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

4.300%
State:

8.789%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.214%
Georgia:

0.125%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.204%
State:

0.053%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

4.300%
Georgia:

5.752%

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:

9%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

17%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

74%
Georgia:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Georgia:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
State:

13%
Always
Here:

81%
Georgia:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

21%
Georgia:

12%
Usually
Here:

20%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

59%
Georgia:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
Georgia:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
Georgia:

22%
Always
Here:

71%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

25%
State:

21%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
Georgia:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
Georgia:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

13%
Georgia:

10%
Usually
Here:

13%
Georgia:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

74%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
Georgia:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
Georgia:

27%
Always
Here:

64%
State:

65%

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

Yes
Here:

82%
State:

81%
No
This Hospital:

18%
Georgia:

19%

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

6 or lower
Here:

13%
Georgia:

9%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

25%
Georgia:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

62%
Georgia:

69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

11%
Georgia:

6%
Yes, probably
Here:

30%
State:

25%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

59%
Georgia:

69%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Georgia:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
Georgia:

97.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
Here:

46.0%
Georgia:

92.7%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Georgia:

97.9%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Georgia:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

93.0%
State:

89.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.5%

Pneumonia

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

91.0%
Georgia:

96.3%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

99.0%
Georgia:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

94.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

98.0%
State:

94.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

99.0%
Georgia:

96.2%

Surgery

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

98.0%
Georgia:

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

88.0%
State:

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

94.0%
State:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

95.0%
Georgia:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

95.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

88.0%
Georgia:

93.5%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

96.0%
State:

95.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

96.0%
State:

96.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

97.0%
State:

97.0%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

15.9%
State:

15.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

11.7%
State:

11.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

14.3%
State:

12.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

19.1%
Georgia:

18.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

26.1%
Georgia:

24.1%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

17.0%
Georgia:

18.5%

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