VALLEY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER - BROWNSVILLE
NPI 1184911877
General Acute Care Hospital in Brownsville, TX

Q: What is Vhs Brownsville Hospital Company LLC's NPI number?

The NPI number for Vhs Brownsville Hospital Company LLC is 1184911877. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on July 1, 2011. The provider is doing business as Valley Baptist Medical Center - Brownsville.

Q: What is Vhs Brownsville Hospital Company LLC's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Vhs Brownsville Hospital Company LLC have?

CMS rates Valley Baptist Medical Center- Brownsville 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 01, 2011CLIA 45D0503473 · Accreditation

3/5

Hospital Overall Rating

1040 W JEFFERSON ST, BROWNSVILLE, TX 78520(956) 698-5400(956) 698-5747 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: April 24, 2023. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 02, 2026.

Record update history: Sep 6, 2022, Mar 12, 2021, Jul 21, 2020 and 2 more (5 updates tracked since 2016).

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About Valley Baptist Medical Center - Brownsville NPPES

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

VALLEY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER - BROWNSVILLE (NPI 1184911877) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Brownsville, Texas and active in the NPI registry since July 2011. The organization holds an CLIA Accreditation certificate valid through August 16, 2027 and lists Jose Vela, Cfo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1184911877

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameVHS BROWNSVILLE HOSPITAL COMPANY LLC

Location Address1040 W JEFFERSON STBrownsville, TX 78520-6338

Mailing Address20 Burton Hills Blvd, Suite 100, Attention, Carol BaileyNashville, TN 37215-6197 · (615) 665-6000 · Fax (615) 665-6184

Phone(956) 698-5400

Fax(956) 698-5747

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialJose VelaCfo · (956) 564-2820

Enumeration DateJuly 1, 2011

Last NPPES UpdateApril 24, 20235 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedApril 24, 2023

✔ NPI 1184911877 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses 2

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

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 · Ambulatory SurgicalTaxonomy 261QA1903X

1040 W JEFFERSON ST, Brownsville, TX 78520

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsValley Baptist Medical Center - Brownsville

Other Identifiers 3

Other294543802TX · Texas Medicaid Hasc

Medicaid294543801TX

Other294543803TX · Cshcn Tx Medicaid

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Ambetter from Arizona Complete Health, Ambetter from Arkansas Health & Wellness, Ambetter from Louisiana Healthcare Connections and more.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 45D0503473

Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville Vhs Brownsville Hospital Company, LLC D/B/A · Brownsville, TX

Active · expires Aug 16, 2027

CLIA Number45D0503473

Laboratory TypeHospital

Certificate Effective DateAugust 17, 2025

Certificate Expiration DateAugust 16, 2027

Laboratory DirectorDr. Luis M. Garcia

Laboratory Phone(956) 698-5472

Laboratory LocationValley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville Vhs Brownsville Hospital Company, LLC D/B/A1040 West Jefferson Attn Lab, Brownsville, TX 78520

CLIA data matches this NPI record on: 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 Valley Baptist Medical Center- Brownsville (CMS certification number 450028), from CMS Care Compare.

Valley Baptist Medical Center- Brownsville

Acute Care Hospitals · Brownsville, TX

3/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipProprietary

CMS Certification Number450028

Location1040 W Jefferson StBrownsville, TX 78520 · Cameron County · (956) 544-1400

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

2/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

2/5

Doctor communication

2/5

Staff responsiveness

1/5

Communication about medicines

2/5

Discharge information

2/5

Care transition

2/5

Cleanliness

3/5

Quietness

2/5

Overall hospital rating

2/5

Recommend hospital

2/5

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

Complications & Deaths 16

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for heart attack patients

12.2% No different than national

Death rate for CABG surgery patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for COPD patients

9.8% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

11.1% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

17.7% No different than national

Infections 6

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

3 observed cases · 5.41 predicted · 5,315 patient days

0.555 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

12 observed cases · 31.039 predicted · 49,505 patient days

0.387 Better than the national benchmark

MRSA Bacteremia

3 observed cases · 2.934 predicted · 56,489 patient days

1.022 No different than national

SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy

0 observed cases · 1.891 predicted · 208 patient days

0.000 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

1 observed case · 1.86 predicted · 61 patient days

0.538 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

0 observed cases · 8.337 predicted · 6,797 patient days

0.000 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 14

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

82 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

145 more days than average per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

169 days per 100 discharges

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

236 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 17

Emergency department volume

Medium

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

3.9%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

85%

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

153 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

224 minutes

Left before being seen

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

460%

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure

Yes

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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.

ELISHA MARTINEZ

Nurse Practitioner (Family)