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

Q: What is the provider's specialty?

The provider's specialty is General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.

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: July 19, 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

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

3.2 No different than national

Death rate for heart attack patients

15.3% No different than national

Death rate for CABG surgery patients

3.1% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

8.3% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

10.5% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

14.6% No different than national

Infections 6

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

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

SSI - Colon Surgery

22 observed cases · 16.997 predicted · 600 patient days

1.294 No different than national

SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy

2 observed cases · 3.713 predicted · 385 patient days

0.539 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

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

1.202 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

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

0.497 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 14

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

359 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

626 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

270 days per 100 discharges

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

796 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

769 No different than national

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

769 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 17

Emergency department volume

Very high

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

23.2%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

95%

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

229 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

232 minutes

Left before being seen

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.

MR. GARY LEE RAY MSN, CRNA

Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered