RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM
NPI 1023435898
General Acute Care Hospital in Rutherfordton, NC
Hospital Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
NPI Status: Active since March 18, 2014
Contact Information
288 S RIDGECREST AVE
RUTHERFORDTON, NC
ZIP 28139
Phone: (828) 286-5000
Fax: (828) 286-5207
- Organization
- General Acute Care Hospital
- Accepts Insurance
- CLIA Number: 34D2312035
- CLIA Cert. Type: Other - CATH LAB
- CLIA Exp. Date: 10-02-2026
About RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM
Rutherford Regional Health System is a hospital serving the Rutherfordton, North Carolina region. The facility is a general acute care hospital. The NPI number of this hospital is 1023435898 assigned on March 2014. The hospital's primary taxonomy code is 282N00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 5 years ago. The provider's is doing business as Rutherford Regional Health System. The authorized official of this NPI record is Kathy J. Teague (Assistant Vice President, Secretary)
- NPI
- 1023435898
- Provider Legal Name
- DLP RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM LLC
- Other Organization Name
- RUTHERFORD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM
- Other Name Type
- Doing Business As (3)
- Entity Type
- Organization
- Location Address
- 288 S RIDGECREST AVE RUTHERFORDTON, NC 28139
- Location Phone
- (828) 286-5000
- Location Fax
- (828) 286-5207
- Mailing Address
- 330 SEVEN SPRINGS WAY BRENTWOOD, TN 37027
- Mailing Phone
- (615) 920-7000
- Mailing Fax
- (828) 286-5207
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Is Organization Subpart?
- No
- Enumeration Date
- 03-18-2014
- Last Update Date
- 03-11-2021
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According to the Hospital Compare program data, Rutherford Regional Health System has average overall quality rating based on the hospital's performance on seven separate quality measures including: mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, effectiveness of care, timeliness of care and efficient use of medical imaging. These quality measures are combined in a weighted average to generate a star rating of 3 out of 5 stars for this provider. The hospital provides emergency services like acute medical care or trauma care.
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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy
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- Classification
General Acute Care Hospital
- Taxonomy Code
- 282N00000X
- Type
- Hospitals
- Taxonomy Description
- 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.
Insurance Plans Accepted
According to publicly available information the provider might be accepting the following health plans from these health insurance companies:
- AmeriHealth Caritas Next Bronze Essential + No Referrals - HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas Next Bronze Premier + No Referrals - HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas Next Bronze Signature + No Referrals - HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas Next Gold Premier + No Referrals - HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas Next Gold Signature + No Referrals - HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas Next Silver Essential + No Referrals - HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas Next Silver Premier + No Referrals - HMO
- AmeriHealth Caritas Next Silver Signature + No Referrals - HMO
- Blue Advantage Bronze Basic | 3 Free PCP | $25 Tier 1 Rx | Integrated | Nationwide Doctors - PPO
- Blue Advantage Bronze Complete | $60 PCP | $20 Tier 1 Rx | Nationwide Doctors - PPO
- Blue Advantage Bronze HSA Eligible | Integrated | Nationwide Doctors - PPO
- Blue Advantage Bronze Standard | Nationwide Doctors - PPO
- Blue Advantage Gold Premier A | 3 Free PCP | $10 Tier 1 Rx | Nationwide Doctors - PPO
- Blue Advantage Gold Standard A | Nationwide Doctors - PPO
- Blue Advantage Silver Choice A | 3 Free PCP | $15 Tier 1 Rx | Nationwide Doctors - PPO
- Blue Advantage Silver Preferred | 3 Free PCP | $10 Tier 1 Rx | Integrated | Nationwide Doctors - PPO
- Blue Advantage Silver Standard | Nationwide Doctors - PPO
- Blue Care Bronze Basic | 3 Free PCP | $25 Tier 1 Rx | Integrated | Statewide Doctors - HMO
- Blue Care Bronze Complete | $60 PCP | $20 Tier 1 Rx | Statewide Doctors - HMO
- Blue Care Bronze HSA Eligible | Integrated | Statewide Doctors - HMO
- Blue Care Bronze Standard | Statewide Doctors - HMO
- Blue Care Gold Premier A | 3 Free PCP | $10 Tier 1 Rx | Statewide Doctors - HMO
- Blue Care Gold Standard A | Statewide Doctors - HMO
- Blue Care Silver Choice A | 3 Free PCP | $15 Tier 1 Rx | Statewide Doctors - HMO
- Blue Care Silver Preferred | 3 Free PCP | $10 Tier 1 Rx | Integrated | Statewide Doctors - HMO
- Blue Care Silver Standard | Statewide Doctors - HMO
- Blue Value Bronze Basic | 3 Free PCP | $25 Tier 1 Rx | Integrated | Limited Statewide Doctors - POS
- Blue Value Bronze Complete | $60 PCP | $20 Tier 1 Rx | Limited Statewide Doctors - POS
*Please verify directly with this provider to make sure your insurance plan is currently accepted.
Hospital Compare Quality Information
Star ratings information gives patients a useful way to compare local hospitals by highlighting important quality factors like readmissions, mortality, safety of care, patient experience and timely and effective care. The ratings are presented as stars, ranging from 1 to 5. A higher number of stars indicates better performance in each quality aspect.
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Overall Quality Rating - 3 out of 5 stars - Average
The overall rating is calculated by taking the weighted average of these group of scores. If a hospital is missing a measure category or group, the weights are redistributed amongst the qualifying measure categories or groups.
Nurse Communication - 3 out of 5 stars - Average
Nurse communication - star rating
Doctor Communication - 3 out of 5 stars - Average
Doctor communication - star rating
Staff Responsiveness - 3 out of 5 stars - Average
Staff responsiveness - star rating
Communication About Medicines - 4 out of 5 stars - Good
Communication about medicines - star rating
Discharge Information - 3 out of 5 stars - Average
Discharge information - star rating
Care Transition - 3 out of 5 stars - Average
Care transition - star rating
Cleanliness - 3 out of 5 stars - Average
Cleanliness - star rating
Quietness - 3 out of 5 stars - Average
Quietness - star rating
Recommend Hospital - 2 out of 5 stars - Fair
Recommend hospital - star rating
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Hospital Type Acute Care Hospitals - Proprietary
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Emergency Services: Yes
Shows if the hospital provides emergency services like acute medical care or trauma care.
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Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records: Y
Shows if the hospital meets the criteria for promoting interoperability of Electronic Health Record Systems (EHRS).
Hospital Complications and Mortality Quality Ratings
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - March 2023
Death rate for heart attack patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Death rate for COPD patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Death rate for heart failure patients is worse than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Death rate for pneumonia patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Death rate for stroke patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Pressure ulcer rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Postoperative respiratory failure rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Postoperative sepsis rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite is no different than the national value
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Hospital Associated Infections Quality Ratings
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) is no different than national benchmark
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
SSI - Colon Surgery is no different than national benchmark
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) is better than the national benchmark
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Unplanned Hospital Visits Quality Ratings
Hospital return days for heart attack patients is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Hospital return days for heart failure patients is average days per 100 discharges
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients is average days per 100 discharges
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: January 2020 - December 2022
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery is no different than expected
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Rate of readmission after discharge from hospital (hospital-wide) is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2022 - June 2023
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Hospital Maternal Health Quality Ratings
Elective Delivery percentage is 0%
Percentage of mothers whose deliveries were scheduled 1 to 2 weeks early.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure: Yes
Assesses whether or not the hospital participates in a Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative Initiative.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Hospital Timely and Effective Care Quality Ratings
Emergency department volume is medium
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
Admit Decision Time to ED Departure Time for Admitted Patients - non psychiatric/mental health disorders is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Admit Decision Time to ED Departure Time for Admitted Patients - psychiatric/mental health disorders is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Percentage of healthcare personnel who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations is 1.3%
Percentage of healthcare personnel who completed COVID-19 primary vaccination series.
Evaluation Period: October 2023 - December 2023Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination is 73%
Percentage of healthcare workers given influenza vaccination.
Evaluation Period: October 2023 - March 2024Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit A lower number of minutes is better is 147 minutes
Average time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit- Psychiatric/Mental Health Patients. A lower number of minutes is better is 319 minutes
Average time patients spent in the emergency department before being sent home.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Left before being seen is 4 %
Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022Head CT results is 47 %
Percentage of patients who came to the emergency department with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 minutes of arrival.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients is 95 %
Percentage of patients receiving appropriate recommendation for follow-up screening colonoscopy.
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022Improvement in Patient's Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery is not available %
Percentage of patients who had cataract surgery and had improvement in visual function within 90 days following the surgery.
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing is 16
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock is 64 %
Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. Sepsis is a complication that happens when a patient has an extreme response to an infection. Higher percentages are better.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle is 68 %
Septic Shock 3 Hour.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle is 87 %
Severe Sepsis 6 Hour.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle is 79
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle is 99 %
Septic Shock 6 Hour.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy is 95
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Discharged on Statin Medication is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis is 85
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis is 92
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
CLIA Information
The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 applies to facilities or sites that test human specimens for health assessment or to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease. The CLIA Program sets standards for clinical laboratory testing and issues certificates. The NPI / CLIA crosswalk information for this NPI number is:
- CLIA Number
- 34D2312035
- Facility Type
- Other - CATH LAB
- Certificate Effective Date
- October 03, 2024
- Certificate Expiration Date
- October 02, 2026
- Laboratory Director
- JENNIFER A. SMALL
- Certificate Type
- Certificate of Accreditation
- Certificate Type Description
- This is a CLIA certificate is issued to Rutherford Regional Health System on the basis of the laboratory's accreditation by an accreditation organization approved by CMS. This type of certificate is issued to a laboratories tha perform nonwaived (moderate and/or high complexity) testing.
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NPI NPI Number Validation
How NPI Validation Works
The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.
To verify the NPI 1023435898, we treat the final digit (8) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 62. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 62 = 8).
Digit-by-digit view
Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.
Step 1: Double every other digit from the right
Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.
Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant
Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.
Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10
The next multiple of ten after 62 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1023435898, enumerated as an "organization" on March 18, 2014.
The provider is located at 288 S RIDGECREST AVE RUTHERFORDTON, NC 28139 and the phone number is (828) 286-5000.
General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.
The provider might be accepting Accepts: AmeriHealth Caritas Next and Blue Cross and Blue. Please consult your insurance carrier or call the provider to verify.
