NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL
NPI 1144211301
General Acute Care Hospital in Winston Salem, NC

Q: What is North Carolina Baptist Hospital's NPI number?

The NPI number for North Carolina Baptist Hospital is 1144211301. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on November 4, 2005. The provider is doing business as Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Q: What is North Carolina Baptist Hospital's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does North Carolina Baptist Hospital have?

CMS rates North Carolina Baptist Hospital 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 November 04, 2005

3/5

Hospital Overall Rating

MEDICAL CENTER BLVD, WINSTON SALEM, NC 27157(336) 713-0277(336) 716-6705 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: September 25, 2025. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 09, 2026.

Record update history: Mar 8, 2024, Mar 16, 2021, Nov 12, 2020 (3 updates tracked since 2020).

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About North Carolina Baptist Hospital NPPES

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

NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NPI 1144211301) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Winston Salem, North Carolina and active in the NPI registry since November 2005. The organization maintains a secondary practice location in Bermuda Run and lists Cathleen Wheatley, President, Ah Wfb & Dmc, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1144211301

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameNORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL

Location AddressMEDICAL CENTER BLVDWinston Salem, NC 27157-0001

Mailing AddressMedical Center BlvdWinston Salem, NC 27157-0001 · (336) 716-3539 · Fax (336) 716-6881

Phone(336) 713-0277

Fax(336) 716-6705

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialCathleen WheatleyPresident, Ah Wfb & Dmc · (336) 713-3327

Enumeration DateNovember 4, 2005

Last NPPES UpdateSeptember 25, 20253 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedSeptember 25, 2025

✔ NPI 1144211301 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in NC · H0011

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.

MEDICAL CENTER BLVD, Winston Salem, NC 27157

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Other Names 2

Doing Business AsNorth Carolina Baptist Hospital

Doing Business AsWake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Secondary Practice Location 1

Location 1329 Nc Highway 801 NBermuda Run, NC 27006-7905 · Phone (336) 998-1300

Other Identifiers 6

Medicaid3400047NC

OtherH0011NC · License Number

Other001GRNC · Blue Cross Blue Shield

Other0441KNC · Blue Cross Blue Shield

Medicaid7902337NC

Other001GPNC · Blue Cross Blue Shield

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 ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for North Carolina Baptist Hospital (CMS certification number 340047), from CMS Care Compare.

North Carolina Baptist Hospital

Acute Care Hospitals · Winston-Salem, NC

3/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number340047

LocationMedical Center BoulevardWinston-Salem, NC 27157 · Forsyth County · (336) 716-2011

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

3/5

Discharge information

3/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

3/5

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

1.10 No different than national

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate

0.68 No different than national

Postoperative wound dehiscence rate

1.78 No different than national

Postoperative sepsis rate

4.14 No different than national

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate

3.31 No different than national

Postoperative respiratory failure rate

8.40 No different than national

Infections 6

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

59 observed cases · 118.682 predicted · 223,447 patient days

0.497 Better than the national benchmark

MRSA Bacteremia

33 observed cases · 27.458 predicted · 252,276 patient days

1.202 No different than national

SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy

2 observed cases · 3.713 predicted · 385 patient days

0.539 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

22 observed cases · 16.997 predicted · 600 patient days

1.294 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

27 observed cases · 50.362 predicted · 31,356 patient days

0.536 Better than the national benchmark

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

54 observed cases · 38.138 predicted · 32,657 patient days

1.416 Worse than the national rate

Unplanned Hospital Visits 14

Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate

270 No different than national

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

4032 No different than national

Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement

66 No different than national

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

626 No different than national

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

95 No different than national

Rate of readmission for CABG

255 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 17

Discharged on Statin Medication

97%

Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2

82%

Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy

98%

Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle

86%

Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle

66%

Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle

89%

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

182%

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.

CRAIG MICHAEL COMBS MD

Anesthesiology