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EAST CAROLINA HEALTH - HERITAGE INC
NPI 1316925001
Medicare Defined Swing Bed Unit in Tarboro, NC

Q: What is East Carolina Health - Heritage Inc's NPI number?

The NPI number for East Carolina Health - Heritage Inc is 1316925001. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on January 4, 2006. The provider is doing business as Vidant Edgecombe Hospital.

Q: What is East Carolina Health - Heritage Inc's specialty?

The primary specialty registered for this NPI is Medicare Defined Swing Bed Unit with taxonomy code 275N00000X.

Q: What quality rating does East Carolina Health - Heritage Inc have?

CMS rates Vidant Edgecombe Hospital 2 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 04, 2006

2/5

Hospital Overall Rating

111 HOSPITAL DR, TARBORO, NC 27886(252) 641-7700 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: July 29, 2026. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: September 13, 2026.

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About East Carolina Health - Heritage Inc NPPES

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

EAST CAROLINA HEALTH - HERITAGE INC (NPI 1316925001), doing business as Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, is a healthcare organization registered as a medicare defined swing bed unit in Tarboro, North Carolina and active in the NPI registry since January 2006. The organization lists Patrick Heins, President, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1316925001

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy275N00000X

Legal Business NameEAST CAROLINA HEALTH - HERITAGE INC

Location Address111 HOSPITAL DRTarboro, NC 27886-2011

Mailing Address111 Hospital DrTarboro, NC 27886-2011 · (252) 641-7700

Phone(252) 641-7700

Organization SubpartYes

Authorized OfficialPatrick HeinsPresident · (252) 641-7120

Enumeration DateJanuary 4, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateJuly 29, 2026

NPPES CertifiedJuly 29, 2026

✔ NPI 1316925001 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyMedicare Defined Swing Bed UnitHospital Units

Taxonomy Code275N00000X

License✔ Licensed in NC · H0258

Definition

A unit of a hospital that has a Medicare provider agreement and has been granted approval from HCFA to provide post-hospital extended care services and be reimbursed as a swing-bed unit.

111 HOSPITAL DR, Tarboro, NC 27886

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsVidant Edgecombe Hospital

Other Identifiers 2

Other0084FNC · Bcbs Swing Bed #

Medicaid3450107NC

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Vidant Edgecombe Hospital (CMS certification number 340107), from CMS Care Compare.

Vidant Edgecombe Hospital

Acute Care Hospitals · Tarboro, NC

2/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipGovernment - Local

CMS Certification Number340107

Location111 Hospital DrTarboro, NC 27886 · Edgecombe County · (252) 641-7700

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

4/5

Staff responsiveness

3/5

Communication about medicines

4/5

Discharge information

2/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

3/5

Quietness

3/5

Overall hospital rating

3/5

Recommend hospital

3/5

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

Complications & Deaths 18

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for heart attack patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for COPD patients

10.4% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

15.8% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

21.6% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

15.9% No different than national

Infections 3

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

1 observed case · 4.174 predicted · 12,517 patient days

0.240 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

2 observed cases · 2.235 predicted · 2,155 patient days

0.895 No different than national

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

1 observed case · 2.146 predicted · 2,351 patient days

0.466 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate

94 No different than national

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

476 No different than national

Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement

Cases too small to report

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

155 No different than national

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

37 No different than national

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate

Cases too small to report

Timely & Effective Care 15

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

307 minutes

Left before being seen

Head CT results

Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients

100%

Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing

21%

Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock

60%

Maternal Health 5

Elective Delivery

31%

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure

Yes

Cesarean Birth

Risk Adjusted Severe Obstetric Complications (All)

314

Risk Adjusted Severe Obstetric Complications (excluding blood-transfusion-only cases)

314

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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