DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
NPI 1548301112
Psychiatric Unit in Palm Springs, CA

Hospital Overall Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

NPI Status: Active since February 08, 2007

Contact Information

1150 N INDIAN CANYON DR
PALM SPRINGS, CA
ZIP 92262
Phone: (760) 323-6511

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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
Psychiatric Unit

About DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Desert Regional Medical Center is a hospital serving the Palm Springs, California region. The facility is a psychiatric unit. The NPI number of this hospital is 1548301112 assigned on February 2007. The hospital's primary taxonomy code is 273R00000X with license number 250000139 (CA). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 4 years ago. The provider's is doing business as Desert Regional Medical Center. The authorized official of this NPI record is Jimmy Fish (Cfo)

NPI: 1548301112
Provider Legal Name: DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
Other Organization Name: DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
Other Name Type: Doing Business As (3)
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 1150 N INDIAN CANYON DR PALM SPRINGS, CA 92262
Location Phone: (760) 323-6511
Mailing Address: PO BOX 57154 LOS ANGELES, CA 90074
Mailing Phone: (760) 323-6492
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Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: Yes
Enumeration Date: 02-08-2007
Last Update Date: 05-03-2022
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According to the Hospital Compare program data, Desert Regional Medical Center has fair 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 2 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: Psychiatric Unit
Taxonomy Code: 273R00000X
Type: Hospital Units
License No.: 250000139
License State: CA
Taxonomy Description: In general, a distinct unit of a hospital that provides acute or long-term care to emotionally disturbed patients, including patients admitted for diagnosis and those admitted for treatment of psychiatric problems on the basis of physicians' orders and approved nursing care plans. Long-term care may include intensive supervision to the chronically mentally ill, mentally disordered or other mentally incompetent persons; (2) For Medicare, a distinct part of a general acute care hospital admitting only patients whose admission to the unit is required for active treatment, whose treatment is of an intensity that can be provided only in an inpatient hospital setting, and whose condition is described by a psychiatric principal diagnosis contained in the Third Edition of the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or in Chapter 5 (Mental Disorders) of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). The unit must furnish, through the use of qualified personnel, psychological services, social work services, psychiatric nursing, occupational therapy, and recreational therapy. The unit must maintain medical records that permit determination of the degree and intensity of treatment provided to individuals who are furnished services in the unit; the unit must meet special staff requirements in that the unit must have adequate numbers of qualified professional and supportive staff to evaluate inpatients, formulate written, individualized, comprehensive treatment plans, provide active treatment measures and engage in discharge planning.

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: JIMMY FISH
Authorized Official Title: CFO
Authorized Official Phone: (760) 323-6483

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 - 2 out of 5 stars - Fair

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.
Nurse Communication - 2 out of 5 stars - Fair
Nurse communication - star rating
Doctor Communication - 2 out of 5 stars - Fair
Doctor communication - star rating
Staff Responsiveness - 2 out of 5 stars - Fair
Staff responsiveness - star rating
Communication About Medicines - 2 out of 5 stars - Fair
Communication about medicines - star rating
Discharge Information - 2 out of 5 stars - Fair
Discharge information - star rating
Care Transition - 2 out of 5 stars - Fair
Care transition - star rating
Cleanliness - 2 out of 5 stars - Fair
Cleanliness - star rating
Quietness - 1 out of 5 stars - Poor
Quietness - star rating
Recommend Hospital - 2 out of 5 stars - Fair
Recommend hospital - star rating
Hospital Type Acute Care Hospitals - Proprietary
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

CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite is no different than the national value
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Postoperative sepsis rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Postoperative respiratory failure rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Pressure ulcer rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2021 - June 2023
Death rate for stroke 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 heart failure patients is no different than the national rate
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 CABG surgery patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Death rate for heart attack patients is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - March 2023

Hospital Associated Infections Quality Ratings

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) is better than the national benchmark
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
MRSA Bacteremia is no different than national benchmark
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
SSI - Colon Surgery is better than the national benchmark
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) is no different than national benchmark
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) is no different than national benchmark
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

Unplanned Hospital Visits Quality Ratings

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

Hospital Maternal Health Quality Ratings

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure: Yes
Assesses whether or not the hospital participates in a Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative Initiative.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Elective Delivery percentage is 3%
Percentage of mothers whose deliveries were scheduled 1 to 2 weeks early.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023

Hospital Timely and Effective Care Quality Ratings

Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis is 98
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis is 87
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Discharged on Statin Medication is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy is 95
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle is 80 %
Septic Shock 6 Hour.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle is 62
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle is not available %
Severe Sepsis 6 Hour.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle is 50 %
Septic Shock 3 Hour.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock is 36 %
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
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing is 14
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
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
Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients is 50 %
Percentage of patients receiving appropriate recommendation for follow-up screening colonoscopy.
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
Head CT results is not available %
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
Left before being seen is 1 %
Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
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 295 minutes
Average time patients spent in the emergency department before being sent home.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit A lower number of minutes is better is 182 minutes
Average time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination is 54%
Percentage of healthcare workers given influenza vaccination.
Evaluation Period: October 2023 - March 2024
Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Percentage of healthcare personnel who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations is 3.6%
Percentage of healthcare personnel who completed COVID-19 primary vaccination series.
Evaluation Period: October 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
Admit Decision Time to ED Departure Time for Admitted Patients - non psychiatric/mental health disorders is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Emergency department volume is very high
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022

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 1548301112, we treat the final digit (2) 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 58. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 58 = 2).

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 → 8

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 2

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 2

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 4 → 8 3 → 6 1 → 2 1 → 2

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

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

2 + 5 + 8 + 8 + 6 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 24 = 58

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

The next multiple of ten after 58 is 60. The difference is the calculated check digit.

60 - 58 = 2

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 2, which matches the last digit of 1548301112.