WHITTIER HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER - WHITTIER, CA

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Address

9080 COLIMA RD
WHITTIER, CA, 90605

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (562) 945-3561

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

Overall Star Rating: 5 Stars
Health Inspections Star Rating: 4 Stars
Nurse Staffing Star Rating: 5 Stars
Quality Measures Star Rating: 5 Stars
RN Only Star Rating: 5 Stars

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$90,359
State:	$83,364

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$16,132
State:	$15,491

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	2.94%
State:	0.94%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$44,785
State:	$39,980

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,563
State:	$7,146

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	1.41%
California:	1.30%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$34,648
California:	$36,707

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,427
California:	$7,245

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	2.82%
State:	2.08%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$29,573
California:	$29,034

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,962
State:	$4,742

Number of discharges: 24

Here:	2.82%
State:	2.11%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$56,531
California:	$46,809

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,758
State:	$8,290

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	1.65%
California:	1.75%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$38,540
California:	$36,899

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,511
State:	$6,233

Number of discharges: 35

Here:	4.12%
California:	3.09%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$58,756
California:	$46,039

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,249
State:	$8,685

Number of discharges: 28

This Hospital:	3.29%
State:	1.95%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$82,092
California:	$80,936

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$15,350
State:	$15,696

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	2.35%
California:	0.79%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$57,304
California:	$47,292

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,194
California:	$8,831

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	2.24%
State:	2.91%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$63,857
State:	$70,963

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,702
California:	$13,159

Number of discharges: 40

This Hospital:	4.71%
California:	3.03%

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$208,851
California:	$260,329

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$43,572
State:	$51,393

Number of discharges: 28

This Hospital:	3.29%
California:	0.87%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$46,879
California:	$55,669

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,273
State:	$9,837

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	1.29%
State:	1.65%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$56,119
California:	$52,262

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,282
State:	$10,172

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	1.88%
California:	0.99%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$36,588
State:	$36,114

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,812
State:	$6,728

Number of discharges: 56

This Hospital:	6.59%
State:	2.98%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$113,517
California:	$88,239

Average Total Payments

Here:	$19,098
State:	$17,187

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	1.53%
State:	6.26%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$37,857
California:	$42,156

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,376
California:	$6,908

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	1.41%
State:	0.92%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$32,456
California:	$32,446

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,999
State:	$5,975

Number of discharges: 32

This Hospital:	3.76%
California:	2.21%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$80,546
State:	$89,034

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$15,403
State:	$17,349

Number of discharges: 30

Here:	3.53%
California:	0.83%

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$45,794
State:	$49,604

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,969
State:	$8,812

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	1.53%
California:	0.66%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$39,244
California:	$35,878

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,177
California:	$7,039

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	1.65%
State:	1.21%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$61,708
State:	$48,439

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,081
State:	$8,967

Number of discharges: 41

Here:	4.82%
State:	1.90%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$76,457
State:	$72,128

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,918
California:	$14,548

Number of discharges: 29

Here:	3.41%
State:	1.48%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$121,507
California:	$70,949

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$16,600
California:	$12,543

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	2.24%
State:	1.04%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$92,902
State:	$101,885

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$18,109
State:	$17,925

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	1.41%
California:	1.30%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$98,275
California:	$120,888

Average Total Payments

Here:	$19,439
State:	$21,006

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	1.65%
California:	0.92%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$34,226
State:	$38,752

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,866
State:	$6,932

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	1.53%
State:	0.59%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$188,649
California:	$277,564

Average Total Payments

Here:	$37,614
California:	$53,075

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	2.12%
California:	0.64%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$100,526
California:	$90,173

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$17,106
California:	$16,748

Number of discharges: 142

Here:	16.71%
California:	7.21%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$56,982
State:	$50,385

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,137
California:	$9,612

Number of discharges: 49

Here:	5.76%
California:	2.35%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$50,650
State:	$48,755

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,130
California:	$8,695

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	1.88%
California:	2.75%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$38,536
California:	$34,477

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,245
State:	$5,838

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	1.76%
California:	0.97%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$39,475
California:	$37,038

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,333
California:	$6,233

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	1.88%
California:	1.60%

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitation (Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant 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

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 14.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 197.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 367.50
Dieticians : 2.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 3.50
Registered Pharmacists : 5.00
Respiratory Therapists : 23.50
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 3.00
Residents (Physicians) : 2.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 173
Total Certified: 151

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	96.0%
California:	99.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	92.0%
California:	99.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	98.5%

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

This Hospital:	4
California:	9

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	97.2%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

Here:	89.0%
State:	97.5%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	98.9%

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

Here:	95.0%
California:	96.2%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	94.0%
California:	93.5%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	96.1%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.1%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	96.0%
California:	94.3%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	95.8%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
California:	98.1%

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	96.3%

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

Here:	91.0%
State:	98.2%

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

Here:	88.0%
State:	96.0%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	96.9%

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:	99.8%

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

This Hospital:	81.0%
California:	93.9%

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

This Hospital:	81.0%
State:	96.1%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
California:	95.1%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
California:	95.5%

Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal

This Hospital:	100.0%
California:	99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	14.7%
State:	14.9%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	11.3%
State:	10.9%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.9%
California:	11.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	18.8%
State:	19.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	24.9%
State:	24.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	17.6%
State:	18.3%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries

Here:	0.330%
State:	0.625%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	6.700%
California:	8.180%

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

Here:	0.327%
State:	0.170%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 15%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
State:	7%

Usually

Here:	27%
California:	21%

Always

Here:	63%
State:	72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
California:	17%

Always

Here:	67%
State:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	21%
California:	13%

Usually

Here:	30%
California:	28%

Always

This Hospital:	49%
State:	59%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
California:	8%

Usually

Here:	27%
California:	25%

Always

This Hospital:	61%
California:	67%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	28%
California:	23%

Usually

Here:	20%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
State:	58%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	11%
State:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
California:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
State:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	20%
State:	18%

Usually

This Hospital:	33%
State:	33%

Always

This Hospital:	47%
State:	49%

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

Yes

Here:	74%
State:	81%

This Hospital:	26%
State:	19%

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

6 or lower

Here:	17%
State:	10%

7 or 8

Here:	29%
California:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	54%
California:	66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	12%
California:	7%

Yes, probably

Here:	33%
California:	24%

Yes, definitely

Here:	55%
State:	69%

Complaint Deficiency

Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Maintain 15 months of resident assessments in the resident's active clinical record: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Encode and automate the resident's assessment data: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies quarterly, and develop corrective plans of action: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other fire safety features required by fire safety codes: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Tell the resident completely about his or her health status, care and treatments: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

A two-hour-resistant firewall in common walls: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other fire safety features required by fire safety codes: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Maintain 15 months of resident assessments in the resident's active clinical record: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Make sure that each resident's drug regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; 2) Each resident's entire drug/medication is managed and monitored to achieve highest well being: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Portable fire extinguishers: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

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