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LESTER E COX MEDICAL CENTERS
NPI 1093740128
General Acute Care Hospital in Springfield, MO

Q: What is Lester E Cox Medical Centers's NPI number?

The NPI number for Lester E Cox Medical Centers is 1093740128. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on July 11, 2006. The provider is doing business as Cox Medical Centers.

Q: What is Lester E Cox Medical Centers's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Lester E Cox Medical Centers have?

CMS rates Cox Medical Centers 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 July 11, 2006CLIA Certified · 2 labs

3/5

Hospital Overall Rating

3801 S NATIONAL AVE, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807(417) 269-6000(417) 269-3104 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: July 31, 2026. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 02, 2026.

Record update history: Jul 31, 2026, Sep 23, 2024, Aug 18, 2023 and 3 more (6 updates tracked since 2017).

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About Lester E Cox Medical Centers NPPES

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

LESTER E COX MEDICAL CENTERS (NPI 1093740128), doing business as Cox Medical Centers, is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Springfield, Missouri and active in the NPI registry since July 2006. The organization holds 2 active CLIA laboratory certificates, maintains a secondary practice location in Springfield, and lists Jacob M Mcway, Exec. Vice-president & Cfo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1093740128

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameLESTER E COX MEDICAL CENTERS

Location Address3801 S NATIONAL AVESpringfield, MO 65807-5210

Mailing AddressPo Box 7411626Chicago, IL 60674-5626 · (417) 269-3000 · Fax (417) 269-3104

Phone(417) 269-6000

Fax(417) 269-3104

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialJacob M McwayExec. Vice-president & Cfo · (417) 269-8811

Enumeration DateJuly 11, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateJuly 31, 20266 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedJuly 31, 2026

✔ NPI 1093740128 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses 3

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in MO · 500-0

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.

Also ListedClinic/Center · Urgent CareTaxonomy 261QU0200X

Also ListedPsychiatric HospitalTaxonomy 283Q00000X

3801 S NATIONAL AVE, Springfield, MO 65807

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsCox Medical Centers

Secondary Practice Location 1

Location 11423 N Jefferson AveSpringfield, MO 65802-1917 · Phone (417) 269-3000 · Fax (417) 269-3104

Other Identifiers 3

Medicaid107962105AR

Other92Blue Cross

Medicaid010419604MO

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Cox HealthPlans, Oscar Insurance Company.Insurance ›

CLIA Laboratory Certificates CMS CLIA 2

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 26D0447574

Cox Medical Center North · Springfield, MO

Active · expires Apr 9, 2028

CLIA Number26D0447574

Laboratory TypeHospital

Certificate Effective DateApril 10, 2026

Certificate Expiration DateApril 9, 2028

Laboratory DirectorDr. Jami R. Skrade

Laboratory Phone(417) 269-7820

Laboratory LocationCox Medical Center North1423 North Jefferson, Springfield, MO 65802

CLIA data matches this NPI record on: Address

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.

Certificate of Accreditation 26D0448010

Cox Medical Center South Laboratory · Springfield, MO

Active · expires Feb 8, 2027

CLIA Number26D0448010

Laboratory TypeHospital

Certificate Effective DateFebruary 9, 2025

Certificate Expiration DateFebruary 8, 2027

Laboratory DirectorDr. Jami R. Skrade

Laboratory Phone(417) 269-3099

Laboratory LocationCox Medical Center South Laboratory3801 S National Ave, Springfield, MO 65807

CLIA data matches this NPI record on: Address

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 Cox Medical Centers (CMS certification number 260040), from CMS Care Compare.

Cox Medical Centers

Acute Care Hospitals · Springfield, MO

3/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number260040

Location3801 South National AvenueSpringfield, MO 65807 · Greene County · (417) 269-6000

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

2/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

2/5

Overall hospital rating

3/5

Recommend hospital

4/5

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

Complications & Deaths 19

CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite

1.04 No different than national

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate

1.04 No different than national

Postoperative wound dehiscence rate

1.82 No different than national

Postoperative sepsis rate

3.70 No different than national

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate

3.54 No different than national

Postoperative respiratory failure rate

13.07 No different than national

Infections 6

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

31 observed cases · 93.586 predicted · 181,132 patient days

0.331 Better than the national benchmark

MRSA Bacteremia

13 observed cases · 17.524 predicted · 198,336 patient days

0.742 No different than national

SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy

2 observed cases · 3.378 predicted · 375 patient days

0.592 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

2 observed cases · 15.009 predicted · 532 patient days

0.133 Better than the national benchmark

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

23 observed cases · 35.45 predicted · 27,988 patient days

0.649 Better than the national benchmark

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

18 observed cases · 27.104 predicted · 25,822 patient days

0.664 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 14

Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate

511 No different than national

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

4001 No different than national

Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement

44 No different than national

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

590 No different than national

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

213 No different than national

Rate of readmission for CABG

212 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 18

Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis

97%

Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis

91%

Discharged on Statin Medication

93%

Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy

95%

Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle

82%

Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle

65%

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

65%

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure

Yes

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.

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