COMMUNITY FIRST MEDICAL CENTER
NPI 1033214416
General Acute Care Hospital in Chicago, IL

Q: What is Community First Healthcare Of Illinois, Inc's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Community First Healthcare Of Illinois, Inc have?

CMS rates Community First Medical Center 1 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 September 13, 2006CLIA 14D0426601 · Accreditation

1/5

Hospital Overall Rating

5645 W ADDISON ST, CHICAGO, IL 60634(773) 282-7000(773) 794-7695 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: February 18, 2015. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: July 26, 2026.

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About Community First Medical Center NPPES

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

COMMUNITY FIRST MEDICAL CENTER (NPI 1033214416) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Chicago, Illinois and active in the NPI registry since September 2006. The organization holds an CLIA Accreditation certificate valid through February 8, 2027 and lists Jim Sykes, Interim Cfo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1033214416

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameCOMMUNITY FIRST HEALTHCARE OF ILLINOIS, INC

Location Address5645 W ADDISON STChicago, IL 60634-4403

Mailing Address5645 W Addison StChicago, IL 60634-4403 · (773) 282-7000 · Fax (773) 794-7695

Phone(773) 282-7000

Fax(773) 794-7695

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialJim SykesInterim Cfo · (773) 794-8320

Enumeration DateSeptember 13, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateFebruary 18, 2015

✔ NPI 1033214416 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed · 1719

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.

5645 W ADDISON ST, Chicago, IL 60634

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsCommunity First Medical Center

Other Identifiers 4

Medicaid362644178001IL

Other0316Blue Cross

Other2017020Pk

Medicare OSCAR/certification140251

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Ambetter from Home State Health, Ambetter Health, Ambetter Health of Delaware.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 14D0426601

Community First Medical Center Community First Healthcare Of Illinois Inc Dba · Chicago, IL

Active · expires Feb 8, 2027

CLIA Number14D0426601

Laboratory TypeHospital

Certificate Effective DateFebruary 9, 2025

Certificate Expiration DateFebruary 8, 2027

Laboratory DirectorDr. Shiwen Song

Laboratory Phone(773) 282-7000

Laboratory LocationCommunity First Medical Center Community First Healthcare Of Illinois Inc Dba5645 W Addison St Attn Paushika Gandhi - Lab Director, Chicago, IL 60634

CLIA data matches this NPI record on: Address 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 Community First Medical Center (CMS certification number 140251), from CMS Care Compare.

Community First Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Chicago, IL

1/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipProprietary

CMS Certification Number140251

Location5645 W Addison StreetChicago, IL 60634 · Cook County · (773) 282-7000

Emergency services

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

1/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

1/5

Doctor communication

1/5

Staff responsiveness

1/5

Communication about medicines

1/5

Discharge information

1/5

Care transition

1/5

Cleanliness

1/5

Quietness

1/5

Overall hospital rating

1/5

Recommend hospital

1/5

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

Complications & Deaths 18

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for heart attack patients

11.5% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

9.3% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

9.7% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

16.5% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

13.6% No different than national

Infections 4

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

1 observed case · 2.259 predicted · 2,054 patient days

0.443 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

0 observed cases · 4.735 predicted · 3,782 patient days

0.000 Better than the national benchmark

SSI - Colon Surgery

0 observed cases · 1.474 predicted · 49 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

6 observed cases · 8.089 predicted · 17,594 patient days

0.742 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

68 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

210 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

142 more days than average per 100 discharges

Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)

217 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

Cases too small to report

Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

Cases too small to report

Timely & Effective Care 12

Emergency department volume

Medium

Percentage of healthcare personnel who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations

0.6%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

94%

Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit A lower number of minutes is better

230 minutes

Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit- Psychiatric/Mental Health Patients. A lower number of minutes is better

398 minutes

Left before being seen

13%

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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.

DR. AARON DANIEL KALLSNICK M.D.

Anesthesiology