MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM
NPI 1356528269
General Acute Care Hospital in Spokane, WA

Q: What is Multicare Health System's NPI number?

The NPI number for Multicare Health System is 1356528269. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on January 23, 2008. The provider is doing business as MultiCare Deaconess Hospital.

Q: What is Multicare Health System's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Multicare Health System have?

CMS rates Deaconess Medical Center 4 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 23, 2008

4/5

Hospital Overall Rating

800 W 5TH AVE, SPOKANE, WA 99204(509) 473-7178 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: August 4, 2025. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 16, 2026.

Record update history: Aug 4, 2025, Jun 6, 2025, Jul 17, 2017 (3 updates tracked since 2017).

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About Multicare Health System NPPES

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

MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM (NPI 1356528269), doing business as Multicare Deaconess Hospital, is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Spokane, Washington and active in the NPI registry since January 2008. The organization lists William Glenn Robertson, Ceo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1356528269

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameMULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM

Location Address800 W 5TH AVESpokane, WA 99204-2803

Mailing AddressPo Box 5299, Ms: 820-5-pcoTacoma, WA 98415-0299

Phone(509) 473-7178

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialWilliam Glenn RobertsonCeo · (253) 403-1272

Enumeration DateJanuary 23, 2008

Last NPPES UpdateAugust 4, 20253 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedAugust 4, 2025

✔ NPI 1356528269 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ 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.

800 W 5TH AVE, Spokane, WA 99204

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsMulticare Deaconess Hospital

Other Identifiers 1

Medicaid2083493WA

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include PacificSource Health Plans, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska, Providence Health Plan.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Deaconess Medical Center (CMS certification number 500044), from CMS Care Compare.

Deaconess Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Spokane, WA

4/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number500044

LocationW 800 Fifth AvenueSpokane, WA 99210 · Spokane County · (509) 473-5800

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

3/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

2/5

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 19

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

3.8 No different than national

Death rate for heart attack patients

13.3% No different than national

Death rate for CABG surgery patients

2.4% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

9.5% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

13.1% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

18.5% No different than national

Infections 5

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

3 observed cases · 10.482 predicted · 11,043 patient days

0.286 Better than the national benchmark

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

1 observed case · 10.278 predicted · 10,077 patient days

0.097 Better than the national benchmark

SSI - Colon Surgery

2 observed cases · 5.219 predicted · 203 patient days

0.383 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

2 observed cases · 4 predicted · 59,124 patient days

0.500 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

19 observed cases · 33.16 predicted · 52,416 patient days

0.573 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 14

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

258 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

409 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

299 fewer days than average per 100 discharges

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

1412 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

300 No different than national

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

300 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

4.8%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

89%

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

202 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

362 minutes

Left before being seen

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

17%

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.

CATHERINE ELIZABETH FAIRGRIEVE APPEL DO

Emergency Medicine (Sports Medicine)