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: July 26, 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

CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite

1.20 No different than national

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate

0.94 No different than national

Postoperative wound dehiscence rate

1.75 No different than national

Postoperative sepsis rate

5.71 No different than national

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate

4.78 No different than national

Postoperative respiratory failure rate

10.10 No different than national

Infections 5

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

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

0.303 Better than the national benchmark

MRSA Bacteremia

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

0.465 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

1 observed case · 2.805 predicted · 101 patient days

0.357 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

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

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

0.443 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate

412 No different than national

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

1897 No different than national

Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement

35 No different than national

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

524 No different than national

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

162 No different than national

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate

54 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 17

Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle

94%

Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle

76%

Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle

82%

Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle

81%

Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock

62%

Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing

18%

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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