MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITALISTS
NPI 1114297066
General Acute Care Hospital in West Columbia, SC

Q: What is Lexington Medical Center's NPI number?

The NPI number for Lexington Medical Center is 1114297066. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on January 10, 2012. The provider is also known as Medical Center Hospitalists.

Q: What is Lexington Medical Center's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Lexington Medical Center have?

CMS rates Lexington 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 January 10, 2012CLIA 42D0665325 · Accreditation

3/5

Hospital Overall Rating

2720 SUNSET BLVD, WEST COLUMBIA, SC 29169(803) 791-2480 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: January 10, 2012. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 09, 2026.

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About Medical Center Hospitalists NPPES

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

MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITALISTS (NPI 1114297066) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina and active in the NPI registry since January 2012. The organization holds an CLIA Accreditation certificate valid through January 2, 2027 and lists Linda Fowler Dunovant, Nurse Practitioner, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1114297066

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameLEXINGTON MEDICAL CENTER

Location Address2720 SUNSET BLVDWest Columbia, SC 29169-4810

Mailing Address2720 Sunset BlvdWest Columbia, SC 29169-4810 · (803) 791-2480

Phone(803) 791-2480

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialLinda Fowler DunovantNurse Practitioner · (803) 791-2480

Enumeration DateJanuary 10, 2012

✔ NPI 1114297066 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in SC · A3404

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.

2720 SUNSET BLVD, West Columbia, SC 29169

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Other Names 1

Other NameMedical Center Hospitalists

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 42D0665325

Lexington Medical Center-Laboratory · West Columbia, SC

Active · expires Jan 2, 2027

CLIA Number42D0665325

Laboratory TypeHospital

Certificate Effective DateJanuary 3, 2025

Certificate Expiration DateJanuary 2, 2027

Laboratory DirectorM John Spalding

Laboratory Phone(803) 791-2400

Laboratory LocationLexington Medical Center-Laboratory2720 Sunset Boulevard, West Columbia, SC 29169

CLIA data matches this NPI record on: Address Name

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 Lexington Medical Center (CMS certification number 420073), from CMS Care Compare.

Lexington Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · West Columbia, SC

3/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipGovernment - Hospital District or Authority

CMS Certification Number420073

Location2720 Sunset BlvdWest Columbia, SC 29169 · Lexington County · (803) 791-2000

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

4/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

4/5

Doctor communication

4/5

Staff responsiveness

4/5

Communication about medicines

4/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

4/5

Cleanliness

3/5

Quietness

4/5

Overall hospital rating

4/5

Recommend hospital

5/5

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

1.03 No different than national

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate

0.76 No different than national

Postoperative wound dehiscence rate

1.45 No different than national

Postoperative sepsis rate

6.09 No different than national

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate

4.27 No different than national

Postoperative respiratory failure rate

9.15 No different than national

Infections 6

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

38 observed cases · 116.001 predicted · 172,678 patient days

0.328 Better than the national benchmark

MRSA Bacteremia

6 observed cases · 11.457 predicted · 182,108 patient days

0.524 No different than national

SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy

3 observed cases · 5.054 predicted · 572 patient days

0.594 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

2 observed cases · 13.612 predicted · 504 patient days

0.147 Better than the national benchmark

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

9 observed cases · 20.657 predicted · 15,439 patient days

0.436 Better than the national benchmark

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

6 observed cases · 15.342 predicted · 14,897 patient days

0.391 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 14

Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate

957 No different than national

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

6599 No different than national

Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement

32 No different than national

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

1246 No different than national

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

312 No different than national

Rate of readmission for CABG

208 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 17

Emergency department volume

Very high

Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis

96%

Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2

100%

Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy

100%

Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle

96%

Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle

82%

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

297%

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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