IU HEALTH BEDFORD
NPI 1457329807
Medicare Defined Swing Bed Unit in Bedford, IN

Hospital Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

NPI Status: Active since March 10, 2006

Contact Information

2900 16TH ST
BEDFORD, IN
ZIP 47421
Phone: (812) 275-1200
Fax: (812) 275-1370

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NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Authorized Official
Hospital Compare Quality Information
NPI Validation
Other Providers Same Location
Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Medicare Defined Swing Bed Unit

About IU HEALTH BEDFORD

Iu Health Bedford is a hospital serving the Bedford, Indiana region. The facility is a medicare defined swing bed unit. The NPI number of this hospital is 1457329807 assigned on March 2006. The hospital's primary taxonomy code is 275N00000X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 7 years ago. The provider's is doing business as Iu Health Bedford. The authorized official of this NPI record is Michael Craig (Cfo)

NPI: 1457329807
Provider Legal Name: INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH BEDFORD, INC.
Other Organization Name: IU HEALTH BEDFORD
Other Name Type: Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 2900 16TH ST BEDFORD, IN 47421
Location Phone: (812) 275-1200
Location Fax: (812) 275-1370
Mailing Address: 950 N MERIDIAN ST STE 1200 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46204
Mailing Phone: (317) 963-1093
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 03-10-2006
Last Update Date: 07-08-2019
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According to the Hospital Compare program data, Iu Health Bedford has excellent overall quality rating based on the hospital's performance on seven separate quality measures including: mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, effectiveness of care, timeliness of care and efficient use of medical imaging. These quality measures are combined in a weighted average to generate a star rating of 5 out of 5 stars for this provider. The hospital provides emergency services like acute medical care or trauma care.

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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

The NPI enumerator requires providers to submit at least one taxonomy code. A taxonomy code is a unique 10-character code that describes the healthcare provider type, classification, and the area of specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.

Classification: Medicare Defined Swing Bed Unit
Taxonomy Code: 275N00000X
Type: Hospital Units
Taxonomy Description: 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.

Authorized Official

The authorized official is the designated individual with the legal authority to make changes to the provider’s official NPI record. For organizations, the authorized official must be a general partner, chairman of the board, CEO, CFO or a direct owner holding at least a 5 percent stake in the medical organization.

Authorized Official Name: MICHAEL CRAIG
Authorized Official Title: CFO
Authorized Official Phone: (812) 353-9554

Hospital Compare Quality Information

Star ratings information gives patients a useful way to compare local hospitals by highlighting important quality factors like readmissions, mortality, safety of care, patient experience and timely and effective care. The ratings are presented as stars, ranging from 1 to 5. A higher number of stars indicates better performance in each quality aspect.

Overall Quality Rating - 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent

The overall rating is calculated by taking the weighted average of these group of scores. If a hospital is missing a measure category or group, the weights are redistributed amongst the qualifying measure categories or groups.
Hospital Type Critical Access Hospitals - Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

Shows if the hospital provides emergency services like acute medical care or trauma care.
Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records: Y

Shows if the hospital meets the criteria for promoting interoperability of Electronic Health Record Systems (EHRS).

Hospital Complications and Mortality Quality Ratings

Death rate for heart attack patients is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Death rate for COPD patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Death rate for heart failure patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Death rate for pneumonia patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Death rate for stroke patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023

Hospital Associated Infections Quality Ratings

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) is no different than national benchmark
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) is better than the national benchmark
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

Unplanned Hospital Visits Quality Ratings

Hospital return days for heart attack patients is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Hospital return days for heart failure patients is average days per 100 discharges
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients is fewer days than average per 100 discharges
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: January 2020 - December 2022
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery is no different than expected
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Rate of readmission after discharge from hospital (hospital-wide) is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2022 - June 2023
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023

Hospital Maternal Health Quality Ratings

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure: Not Applicable (our hospital does not provide inpatient labor/delivery care)
Assesses whether or not the hospital participates in a Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative Initiative.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

Hospital Timely and Effective Care Quality Ratings

Emergency department volume is medium
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
Admit Decision Time to ED Departure Time for Admitted Patients - non psychiatric/mental health disorders is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Admit Decision Time to ED Departure Time for Admitted Patients - psychiatric/mental health disorders is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Percentage of healthcare personnel who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations is 0.1%
Percentage of healthcare personnel who completed COVID-19 primary vaccination series.
Evaluation Period: October 2023 - December 2023
Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination is 85%
Percentage of healthcare workers given influenza vaccination.
Evaluation Period: October 2023 - March 2024
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit A lower number of minutes is better is 155 minutes
Average time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
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 is 192 minutes
Average time patients spent in the emergency department before being sent home.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Left before being seen is 1 %
Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
Head CT results is 27 %
Percentage of patients who came to the emergency department with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 minutes of arrival.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients is not available %
Percentage of patients receiving appropriate recommendation for follow-up screening colonoscopy.
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
Improvement in Patient's Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery is not available %
Percentage of patients who had cataract surgery and had improvement in visual function within 90 days following the surgery.
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing is 18
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock is 50 %
Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. Sepsis is a complication that happens when a patient has an extreme response to an infection. Higher percentages are better.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle is 61 %
Septic Shock 3 Hour.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle is not available %
Severe Sepsis 6 Hour.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle is 76
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle is 76 %
Septic Shock 6 Hour.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy is 100
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 is 93
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Discharged on Statin Medication is 100
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

NPI NPI Number Validation

How NPI Validation Works

The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.

To verify the NPI 1457329807, we treat the final digit (7) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 63. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 63 = 7).

Digit-by-digit view

Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.

Pos 1

Doubled → 2

Pos 2

Unchanged

Pos 3

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 0

Check

Target digit

Regular digit Doubled digit Check digit

Step 1: Double every other digit from the right

Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.

1 → 2 5 → 10 → 1 3 → 6 9 → 18 → 9 0 → 0

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.

2 + 4 + 1 + 0 + 7 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 8 + 8 + 0 + 24 = 63

Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10

The next multiple of ten after 63 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 63 = 7

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 7, which matches the last digit of 1457329807.