COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
NPI 1376537555
General Acute Care Hospital in Whiteville, NC

Q: What is Columbus Regional Healthcare System's NPI number?

The NPI number for Columbus Regional Healthcare System is 1376537555. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on September 2, 2005. The provider is doing business as South Columbus Medical Clinic.

Q: What is Columbus Regional Healthcare System's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Columbus Regional Healthcare System have?

CMS rates Columbus Regional Healthcare System 1 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 September 02, 2005

1/5

Hospital Overall Rating

500 JEFFERSON ST, WHITEVILLE, NC 28472(910) 642-8011(910) 642-9328 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: June 13, 2025. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 16, 2026.

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About Columbus Regional Healthcare System NPPES

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

COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM (NPI 1376537555), doing business as South Columbus Medical Clinic, is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Whiteville, North Carolina and active in the NPI registry since September 2005. The organization lists Marvin Armstrong, Coo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1376537555

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameCOLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Location Address500 JEFFERSON STWhiteville, NC 28472-3634

Mailing Address500 Jefferson StWhiteville, NC 28472-3634 · (910) 642-8011 · Fax (910) 642-9328

Phone(910) 642-8011

Fax(910) 642-9328

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialMarvin ArmstrongCoo · (910) 642-8011

Enumeration DateSeptember 2, 2005

Last NPPES UpdateJune 13, 2025

NPPES CertifiedJune 13, 2025

✔ NPI 1376537555 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 · H0045

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.

500 JEFFERSON ST, Whiteville, NC 28472

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsSouth Columbus Medical Clinic

Other Identifiers 2

OtherA000001DAGTYEARNC · Ehr Certification Number

Medicaid3400068NC

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Ambetter from Absolute Total Care, Ambetter of North Carolina, Ambetter of Tennessee and more.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Columbus Regional Healthcare System (CMS certification number 340068), from CMS Care Compare.

Columbus Regional Healthcare System

Acute Care Hospitals · Whiteville, NC

1/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Other

CMS Certification Number340068

Location500 Jefferson StWhiteville, NC 28472 · Columbus County · (910) 642-8011

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

3/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

4/5

Doctor communication

3/5

Staff responsiveness

3/5

Communication about medicines

3/5

Discharge information

3/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

1/5

Quietness

2/5

Overall hospital rating

3/5

Recommend hospital

2/5

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

4.1 No different than national

Death rate for heart attack patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for COPD patients

9.6% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

14.2% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

25% Worse than the national rate

Death rate for stroke patients

13.4% No different than national

Infections 5

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

3 observed cases · 1.249 predicted · 2,018 patient days

2.402 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

2 observed cases · 1.185 predicted · 2,302 patient days

1.688 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

2 observed cases · 1.27 predicted · 45 patient days

1.575 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

0 observed cases · 1.108 predicted · 18,900 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

4 observed cases · 7.633 predicted · 18,242 patient days

0.524 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

Cases too small to report

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

141 more days than average per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

129 more days than average per 100 discharges

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

501 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

47 No different than national

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

47 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 17

Emergency department volume

Low

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

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

176 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

420 minutes

Left before being seen

13%

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

25%

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.

RO-LYAN AROKAS REID MD

Hospitalist