HIGHLINE MEDICAL CENTER
NPI 1558333682
General Acute Care Hospital in Burien, WA

Q: What is Highline Medical Center's NPI number?

The NPI number for Highline Medical Center is 1558333682. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on February 2, 2006.

Q: What is Highline Medical Center's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Highline Medical Center have?

CMS rates Highline Medical Center 3 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 February 02, 2006

3/5

Hospital Overall Rating

16251 SYLVESTER RD SW, BURIEN, WA 98166(206) 431-5310(206) 246-4367 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: April 30, 2021. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 16, 2026.

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About Highline Medical Center NPPES

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

HIGHLINE MEDICAL CENTER (NPI 1558333682) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Burien, Washington and active in the NPI registry since February 2006. The organization lists Russell Woolley, Coo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1558333682

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameHIGHLINE MEDICAL CENTER

Location Address16251 SYLVESTER RD SWBurien, WA 98166-3017

Mailing Address16251 Sylvester Rd SwBurien, WA 98166-3017 · (206) 431-5310 · Fax (206) 246-4367

Phone(206) 431-5310

Fax(206) 246-4367

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialRussell WoolleyCoo · (206) 431-5237

Enumeration DateFebruary 2, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateApril 30, 2021

NPPES CertifiedApril 30, 2021

✔ NPI 1558333682 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses 2

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in WA · H-126

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 ListedRehabilitation, Substance Use Disorder UnitTaxonomy 276400000X · License H-126 (WA)

16251 SYLVESTER RD SW, Burien, WA 98166

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Other Identifiers 3

Medicaid7000565WA

Medicaid7940406WA

Medicaid3319506WA

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include PacificSource Health Plans, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska, Providence Health Plan.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Highline Medical Center (CMS certification number 500011), from CMS Care Compare.

Highline Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Burien, WA

3/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number500011

Location16251 Sylvester Road SWBurien, WA 98166 · King County · (206) 244-9970

Emergency services Birthing friendly 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

3/5

Care transition

2/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

2/5

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

Cases too small to report

Death rate for heart attack patients

12.5% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

9.4% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

12.8% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

17.6% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

15.4% No different than national

Infections 5

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

0 observed cases · 2.359 predicted · 2,645 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

3 observed cases · 3.083 predicted · 2,916 patient days

0.973 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

0 observed cases · 1.531 predicted · 62 patient days

0.000 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

2 observed cases · 2.151 predicted · 31,701 patient days

0.930 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

5 observed cases · 12.237 predicted · 30,022 patient days

0.409 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

Cases too small to report

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

225 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

119 days per 100 discharges

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

643 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

57 No different than national

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

57 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 16

Emergency department volume

High

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

3.9%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

77%

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

206 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

378 minutes

Left before being seen

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

54%

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.

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