LAWNWOOD MEDICAL CENTER INC
NPI 1568409647
General Acute Care Hospital in Fort Pierce, FL

Q: What is Lawnwood Medical Center Inc's NPI number?

The NPI number for Lawnwood Medical Center Inc is 1568409647. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on May 31, 2006. The provider is doing business as HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital.

Q: What is Lawnwood 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 Lawnwood Medical Center Inc have?

CMS rates Hca Florida Lawnwood Hospital 1 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 May 31, 2006

1/5

Hospital Overall Rating

1700 S 23RD ST, FORT PIERCE, FL 34950(772) 461-4000(772) 468-4510 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: November 10, 2025. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 16, 2026.

Record update history: Nov 10, 2025, May 8, 2025, May 27, 2021 (3 updates tracked since 2021).

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About Lawnwood Medical Center Inc NPPES

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

LAWNWOOD MEDICAL CENTER INC (NPI 1568409647), doing business as Hca Florida Lawnwood Hospital, is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Fort Pierce, Florida and active in the NPI registry since May 2006. The organization lists Renee Cross, Cfo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1568409647

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameLAWNWOOD MEDICAL CENTER INC

Location Address1700 S 23RD STFort Pierce, FL 34950-4803

Mailing AddressPo Box 188Fort Pierce, FL 34954-0188 · (772) 461-4000 · Fax (772) 468-4510

Phone(772) 461-4000

Fax(772) 468-4510

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialRenee CrossCfo · (772) 468-4500

Enumeration DateMay 31, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateNovember 10, 20253 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedNovember 10, 2025

✔ NPI 1568409647 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

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.

1700 S 23RD ST, Fort Pierce, FL 34950

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsHca Florida Lawnwood Hospital

Other Identifiers 9

Medicaid0370049OH

Medicaid01603556PA

Other87876FL · Amerigroup

Medicaid11969500FL

Medicaid000163952XGA

Other215939FL · Avmed

Other287FL · Blue Cross

Medicaid02198823NY

Medicaid143644SC

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan, Ambetter Health, Ambetter of Alabama and more.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Hca Florida Lawnwood Hospital (CMS certification number 100246), from CMS Care Compare.

Hca Florida Lawnwood Hospital

Acute Care Hospitals · Fort Pierce, FL

1/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipProprietary

CMS Certification Number100246

Location1700 S 23rd StFort Pierce, FL 34950 · St. Lucie County · (772) 468-4500

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

1/5

Staff responsiveness

2/5

Communication about medicines

2/5

Discharge information

2/5

Care transition

2/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

1/5

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 19

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 CABG surgery patients

4.1% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

10.8% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

11.6% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

17.6% No different than national

Infections 5

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

2 observed cases · 6.617 predicted · 5,679 patient days

0.302 Better than the national benchmark

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

3 observed cases · 6.774 predicted · 4,994 patient days

0.443 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

5 observed cases · 2.905 predicted · 98 patient days

1.721 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

5 observed cases · 6.831 predicted · 105,220 patient days

0.732 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

13 observed cases · 55.094 predicted · 97,782 patient days

0.236 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 14

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

300 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

427 more days than average per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

283 more days than average per 100 discharges

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

Cases too small to report

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

Cases too small to report

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

Cases too small to report

Timely & Effective Care 16

Emergency department volume

Very high

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

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

31%

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

127 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

238 minutes

Left before being seen

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

22%

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure

Yes

Other Providers at the Same Location NPPES 20

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