NORTHWEST HOSPITAL CENTER, INC.
NPI 1487695888
General Acute Care Hospital in Randallstown, MD

Q: What is Northwest Hospital Center, Inc.'s NPI number?

The NPI number for Northwest Hospital Center, Inc. is 1487695888. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on June 9, 2006.

Q: What is Northwest Hospital Center, Inc.'s specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Northwest Hospital Center, Inc. have?

CMS rates Northwest Hospital Center 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 June 09, 2006

2/5

Hospital Overall Rating

5401 OLD COURT RD, RANDALLSTOWN, MD 21133(410) 521-2200 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: July 9, 2025. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 16, 2026.

Record update history: Jul 9, 2025, Oct 20, 2021 (2 updates tracked since 2021).

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About Northwest Hospital Center, Inc. NPPES

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

NORTHWEST HOSPITAL CENTER, INC. (NPI 1487695888) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Randallstown, Maryland and active in the NPI registry since June 2006. The organization lists Craig Carmichael, President, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1487695888

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameNORTHWEST HOSPITAL CENTER, INC.

Location Address5401 OLD COURT RDRandallstown, MD 21133-5103

Mailing Address5401 Old Court Rd, Attn: CredentialingRandallstown, MD 21133-5103 · (410) 601-5524 · Fax (410) 601-8946

Phone(410) 521-2200

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialCraig CarmichaelPresident · (410) 701-4618

Enumeration DateJune 9, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateJuly 9, 20252 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedJuly 9, 2025

✔ NPI 1487695888 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in MD · 03-004

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.

5401 OLD COURT RD, Randallstown, MD 21133

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Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Northwest Hospital Center (CMS certification number 210040), from CMS Care Compare.

Northwest Hospital Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Randallstown, MD

2/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number210040

Location5401 Old Court RoadRandallstown, MD 21133 · Baltimore County · (410) 521-2200

Emergency services 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

2/5

Communication about medicines

2/5

Discharge information

2/5

Care transition

1/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

3/5

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 18

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

4.5 No different than national

Death rate for heart attack patients

13.2% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

10.2% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

13.7% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

20.9% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

14.9% No different than national

Infections 5

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

2 observed cases · 4.514 predicted · 5,042 patient days

0.443 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

2 observed cases · 6.025 predicted · 6,081 patient days

0.332 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

1 observed case · 2.805 predicted · 101 patient days

0.357 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

2 observed cases · 4.299 predicted · 57,043 patient days

0.465 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

10 observed cases · 33.027 predicted · 57,043 patient days

0.303 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

54 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

524 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

412 more days than average per 100 discharges

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

490 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

39 No different than national

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

39 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 17

Emergency department volume

High

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

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

96%

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

291 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

384 minutes

Left before being seen

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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