HAMILTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
NPI 1528056066
General Acute Care Hospital in Dalton, GA

Q: What is Hamilton Medical Center, Inc.'s NPI number?

The NPI number for Hamilton Medical Center, Inc. is 1528056066. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on October 10, 2005.

Q: What is Hamilton Medical 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 Hamilton Medical Center, Inc. have?

CMS rates Hamilton Medical 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 October 10, 2005CLIA 11D0262416 · Accreditation

2/5

Hospital Overall Rating

1200 MEMORIAL DR, DALTON, GA 30720(706) 272-6000(706) 272-6117 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: February 26, 2026. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 09, 2026.

Record update history: Jul 8, 2025, Mar 29, 2021, Apr 19, 2018 and 1 more (4 updates tracked since 2017).

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About Hamilton Medical Center, Inc. NPPES

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

HAMILTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (NPI 1528056066) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Dalton, Georgia and active in the NPI registry since October 2005. The organization holds an CLIA Accreditation certificate valid through January 2, 2027 and lists Sandy Mckenzie, President And Chief Executive Offic, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1528056066

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameHAMILTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

Location Address1200 MEMORIAL DRDalton, GA 30720-2529

Mailing AddressPo Box 1168Dalton, GA 30722-1168 · (706) 272-6000 · Fax (706) 272-6117

Phone(706) 272-6000

Fax(706) 272-6117

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialSandy MckenziePresident And Chief Executive Offic · (706) 272-6289

Enumeration DateOctober 10, 2005

Last NPPES UpdateFebruary 26, 20264 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedFebruary 26, 2026

✔ NPI 1528056066 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses 4

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in GA · 155-527

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.

Also ListedClinic/Center · Adult Day CareTaxonomy 261QA0600X

Also ListedClinic/Center · Hearing and SpeechTaxonomy 261QH0700X

Also ListedPharmacy · Long Term Care PharmacyTaxonomy 3336L0003X

1200 MEMORIAL DR, Dalton, GA 30720

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Other Identifiers 3

Other100013GA · Bcbs Of Georgia

Medicaid00000899AGA

Medicaid0110001TN

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Alliant Health Plans, Inc., Mending Health.Insurance ›

CLIA Laboratory Certificates CMS CLIA

Laboratory certificates issued under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program, which sets federal quality standards for human laboratory testing in the United States. There is no official CMS crosswalk between CLIA and NPI numbers; these certificates are associated with this NPI by matching facility names, locations and phone numbers in the CMS CLIA registry.

Certificate of Accreditation 11D0262416

Hamilton Medical Center Laboratory · Dalton, GA

Active · expires Jan 2, 2027

CLIA Number11D0262416

Laboratory TypeHospital

Certificate Effective DateJanuary 3, 2025

Certificate Expiration DateJanuary 2, 2027

Laboratory DirectorJeremiah Watkins

Laboratory Phone(706) 272-6070

Laboratory LocationHamilton Medical Center Laboratory1200 Memorial Drive, Dalton, GA 30722

CLIA data matches this NPI record on: Address Name

This is a certificate that is issued to a laboratory on the basis of the laboratory's accreditation by an accreditation organization approved by CMS.

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Hamilton Medical Center (CMS certification number 110001), from CMS Care Compare.

Hamilton Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Dalton, GA

2/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number110001

Location1200 Memorial DriveDalton, GA 30720 · Whitfield County · (706) 272-6105

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

3/5

Staff responsiveness

3/5

Communication about medicines

2/5

Discharge information

3/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

3/5

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

Cases too small to report

Death rate for heart attack patients

12.8% No different than national

Death rate for CABG surgery patients

2.5% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

12.5% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

11.9% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

19.7% No different than national

Infections 5

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

6 observed cases · 4.94 predicted · 4,702 patient days

1.215 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

0 observed cases · 6.285 predicted · 4,705 patient days

0.000 Better than the national benchmark

SSI - Colon Surgery

3 observed cases · 2.563 predicted · 92 patient days

1.171 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

4 observed cases · 2.652 predicted · 44,406 patient days

1.508 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

6 observed cases · 16.681 predicted · 39,034 patient days

0.360 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 14

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

157 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

414 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

344 days per 100 discharges

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

1378 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

103 No different than national

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

103 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

91%

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

215 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

436 minutes

Left before being seen

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

45%

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.

MRS. JESSICA SANDERS FNP

Nurse Practitioner (Family)