RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM
NPI 1023435898
General Acute Care Hospital in Rutherfordton, NC

Q: What is Dlp Rutherford Regional Health System LLC's specialty?

The primary specialty registered for this NPI is General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.

Q: What quality rating does Dlp Rutherford Regional Health System LLC have?

CMS rates Rutherford Regional Medical Center 3 out of 5 stars overall on Care Compare, based on measures of safety, patient experience and outcomes. The full measure detail is in the Hospital Quality Ratings section above.

Active since March 18, 2014CLIA 34D2312035 · Accreditation

3/5

Hospital Overall Rating

288 S RIDGECREST AVE, RUTHERFORDTON, NC 28139(828) 286-5000(828) 286-5207 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: March 11, 2021. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: July 19, 2026.

Record update history: Mar 11, 2021, May 25, 2017 (2 updates tracked since 2017).

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About Rutherford Regional Health System NPPES

Official registry information on file with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System.

RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM (NPI 1023435898) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Rutherfordton, North Carolina and active in the NPI registry since March 2014. The organization holds an CLIA Accreditation certificate valid through October 2, 2026 and lists Kathy J. Teague, Assistant Vice President, Secretary, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1023435898

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameDLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM LLC

Location Address288 S RIDGECREST AVERutherfordton, NC 28139-2838

Mailing Address330 Seven Springs WayBrentwood, TN 37027-4536 · (615) 920-7000 · Fax (615) 920-8913

Phone(828) 286-5000

Fax(828) 286-5207

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialKathy J. TeagueAssistant Vice President, Secretary · (615) 920-7000

Enumeration DateMarch 18, 2014

Last NPPES UpdateMarch 11, 20212 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedMarch 11, 2021

✔ NPI 1023435898 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

Definition

An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.

288 S RIDGECREST AVE, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsRutherford Regional Health System

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include AmeriHealth Caritas Next, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC.Insurance ›

CLIA Laboratory Certificates CMS CLIA

Laboratory certificates issued under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program, which sets federal quality standards for human laboratory testing in the United States. There is no official CMS crosswalk between CLIA and NPI numbers; these certificates are associated with this NPI by matching facility names, locations and phone numbers in the CMS CLIA registry.

Certificate of Accreditation 34D2312035

Dlp Rutherford Regional Health System, LLC · Rutherfordton, NC

Active · expires Oct 2, 2026

CLIA Number34D2312035

Laboratory TypeCath Lab

Certificate Effective DateOctober 3, 2024

Certificate Expiration DateOctober 2, 2026

Laboratory DirectorJennifer A. Small

Laboratory Phone(828) 286-5000

Laboratory LocationDlp Rutherford Regional Health System, LLC288 South Ridgecrest St, Rutherfordton, NC 28139

CLIA data matches this NPI record on: Name Phone

This is a certificate that is issued to a laboratory on the basis of the laboratory's accreditation by an accreditation organization approved by CMS.

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Rutherford Regional Medical Center (CMS certification number 340013), from CMS Care Compare.

Rutherford Regional Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Rutherfordton, NC

3/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipProprietary

CMS Certification Number340013

Location288 South Ridgecrest AveRutherfordton, NC 28139 · Rutherford County · (828) 286-5000

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

3/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

3/5

Doctor communication

3/5

Staff responsiveness

3/5

Communication about medicines

4/5

Discharge information

3/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

3/5

Quietness

3/5

Overall hospital rating

2/5

Recommend hospital

2/5

Star ratings summarize responses from patients surveyed after discharge, collected through the CMS HCAHPS program.

Complications & Deaths 18

CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite

1.07 No different than national

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate

0.83 No different than national

Postoperative wound dehiscence rate

2.22 No different than national

Postoperative sepsis rate

5.17 No different than national

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate

3.75 No different than national

Postoperative respiratory failure rate

8.68 No different than national

Infections 3

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

1 observed case · 6.207 predicted · 10,404 patient days

0.161 Better than the national benchmark

SSI - Colon Surgery

0 observed cases · 1.137 predicted · 45 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

1 observed case · 1.49 predicted · 2,176 patient days

0.671 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 11

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

109 No different than national

Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement

148 No different than national

Rate of readmission after discharge from hospital (hospital-wide)

588 No different than national

Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate

122 No different than national

Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients

41 No different than national

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate

Cases too small to report

Timely & Effective Care 17

Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis

92%

Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis

85%

Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy

95%

Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle

99%

Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle

79%

Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle

87%

Maternal Health 2

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure

Yes

Elective Delivery

18%

Other Providers at the Same Location NPPES 20

Providers registered at the same practice address, or within the immediate area, according to the NPPES registry.

LUTHER PERSON M.D.

Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)