CHATUGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC
NPI 1679998942
Psychiatric Unit in Hiawassee, GA
Overall Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
NPI Status: Active since February 24, 2014
Contact Information
110 S MAIN ST
HIAWASSEE, GA
ZIP 30546
Phone: (706) 896-2222
Fax: (786) 896-7872
- Organization
- Psychiatric Unit
- CLIA Number: 11D0261672
- CLIA Cert. Type: Hospital
- CLIA Exp. Date: 04-14-2026
About CHATUGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC
Chatuge Regional Hospital Inc is a hospital serving the Hiawassee, Georgia region. The facility is a psychiatric unit. The NPI number of this hospital is 1679998942 assigned on February 2014. The hospital's primary taxonomy code is 273R00000X with license number 139583 (GA). The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated 12 years ago. The authorized official of this NPI record is Mr. Richard Lewis Kelley (Administrator)
- NPI
- 1679998942
- Provider Name
- CHATUGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC
- Entity Type
- Organization
- Location Address
- 110 S MAIN ST HIAWASSEE, GA 30546
- Location Phone
- (706) 896-2222
- Location Fax
- (786) 896-7872
- Mailing Address
- 110 S MAIN ST HIAWASSEE, GA 30546
- Mailing Phone
- (706) 896-2222
- Mailing Fax
- (786) 896-7872
- Is Sole Proprietor?
- No
- Is Organization Subpart?
- Yes
- Enumeration Date
- 02-24-2014
- Last Update Date
- 02-24-2014
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According to the Nursing Home Compare program data, Chatuge Regional Hospital Inc has a much below average overall quality rating based on the provider's performance on three separate measures including: health inspections, staffing, and quality of resident care information. These quality measures, combined in a star rating of 1 out of 5 stars provide a snapshot of this nursing home quality.
According to the Hospital Compare program data, Chatuge Regional Hospital Inc doesn't have an overall quality rating because there are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score. The hospital provides emergency services like acute medical care or trauma care.
Location Map
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.
- 139583
- License State
- GA
- 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.
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.
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Overall Quality Rating Not Available - There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.
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.
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Hospital Type Critical Access Hospitals - Government - Hospital District or Authority
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Emergency Services: Yes
Shows if the hospital provides emergency services like acute medical care or trauma care.
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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
Death rate for heart attack patients is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Death rate for COPD patients is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Death rate for heart failure patients is number of cases too small
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 stroke patients is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Unplanned Hospital Visits Quality Ratings
Hospital return days for heart attack patients is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Hospital return days for heart failure patients is average days per 100 discharges
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients is average days per 100 discharges
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate is number of cases too small
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients 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 after discharge from hospital (hospital-wide) is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2022 - June 2023
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate is no different than the national rate
Evaluation Period: July 2020 - June 2023
Hospital Timely and Effective Care Quality Ratings
Emergency department volume is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022
Admit Decision Time to ED Departure Time for Admitted Patients - non psychiatric/mental health disorders is not available
Evaluation Period: January 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
Percentage of healthcare personnel who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations is not available%
Percentage of healthcare personnel who completed COVID-19 primary vaccination series.
Evaluation Period: October 2023 - December 2023Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination is 61%
Percentage of healthcare workers given influenza vaccination.
Evaluation Period: October 2023 - March 2024Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit A lower number of minutes is better is 160 minutes
Average time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Average (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 407 minutes
Average time patients spent in the emergency department before being sent home.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Left before being seen is not available %
Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022Head 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 2023Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients is not available %
Percentage of patients receiving appropriate recommendation for follow-up screening colonoscopy.
Evaluation Period: January 2022 - December 2022Improvement 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 2022ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing is 26
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock is 73 %
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 2023Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle is not available %
Septic Shock 3 Hour.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle is not available %
Severe Sepsis 6 Hour.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle is 82
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle is not available %
Septic Shock 6 Hour.
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter 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
Discharged on Statin Medication is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis is not available
Evaluation Period: January 2023 - December 2023
Nursing Home Quality Information
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services publishes the Nursing Home Compare star rating data to provide consumers an easy way to compare nursing home's quality of care.
| Overall Quality Rating | - 1 out of 5 stars - Much Below Average |
| The overall star rating is based on a nursing homes's performance on health inspections, staffing and quality measures. | |
| Health Inspection Rating | Not Available |
| The health inspection star rating is based on a nursing home’s weighted score from the most recent health inspections. | |
| Quality Measures Rating | - 2 out of 5 stars - Below Average |
| The quality measures star rating is based on data from a select set of clinical measures. | |
| Long-Stay Quality Measures Rating | - 1 out of 5 stars - Much Below Average |
| The long-stay quality of care rating is based on the quality of care delivered to long-term residents only. | |
| Short-Stay Quality Measures Rating | - 3 out of 5 stars - Average |
| The short-stay quality of care rating is based on the quality of care delivered to temporary residents only. | |
| Staffing Rating | - 4 out of 5 stars - Above Average |
| The staffing rating is based on the star rating based on the nursing home’s staffing hours for Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practice Nurses (LPNs), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) and Nurse aides. | |
| Nurse Aide Staffing Hours | 2.16 hours per resident per day |
| Nurse aide hours per resident per day. Higher number of hours are better. | |
| RN Staffing Hours | 0.54 hours per resident per day |
| Resgistered nurse hours per resident per day. Higher number of hours are better. | |
| RN Staff Turnover | 16.7% |
| Resgistered nurse turnover is the percentage of registered nursing staff who stop working at the facility within a given year. | |
| Ownership Type | Non profit - Corporation |
| Is the facility private for profit, not-for profit or publicly owned. | |
| Number of Certified Beds | 112 beds |
| Number of beds in the nursing home that have been approved by the federal government to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. | |
| Residents per Day | 104 residents |
| Average number of residents living in the facility per day. | |
| Automatic Sprinkler Systems | Yes |
| Does the facility have automatic sprinkler systems in all required areas? | |
| Facility Reported Incidents | 0 incidents |
| Number of facility-reported incidents in the past 3 years. A lower number is better. | |
| Substantiated Complaints | 3 complaints |
| Number of substantiated complaints in the past 3 years. A lower number is better. | |
| Citations from Inspections | 0 citations after infection control inspection |
| Number of citations from infection control inspections in the past 3 years. A lower number is better. | |
| Total Number of Penalties | 1 penalties from a serious health, fire safety or long-term unresolved citation |
| The Medicare program may impose penalties on a facilty when there's serious health or fire safety citations or if the facility fails to correct a citation for a long period of time. | |
| Number of Fines | 1 fines |
| Toal number of fines in the last 3 years. A penalty can be a fine against the facility or denied payments from Medicare. | |
| Amount of Fines | $98790.00 |
| Total monetary amount of fine imposed on the facility in the last 3 years. | |
CLIA Information
The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988 applies to facilities or sites that test human specimens for health assessment or to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease. The CLIA Program sets standards for clinical laboratory testing and issues certificates. The NPI / CLIA crosswalk information for this NPI number is:
- CLIA Number
- 11D0261672
- Facility Type
- Hospital
- Certificate Effective Date
- April 15, 2024
- Certificate Expiration Date
- April 14, 2026
- Laboratory Director
- DAVID L. BOOKER
- Certificate Type
- Certificate of Compliance
- Certificate Type Description
- This CLIA certificate is issued to Chatuge Regional Hospital Inc after an inspection that finds the laboratory to be in compliance with all applicable CLIA requirements. This type of certificate is issued to laboratories that perform nonwaived (moderate and/or high complexity) testing.
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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 1679998942, 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 88. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (90 - 88 = 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.
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.
Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant
Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.
Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10
The next multiple of ten after 88 is 90. The difference is the calculated check digit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The NPI number assigned to this healthcare provider is 1679998942, enumerated as an "organization" on February 24, 2014.
The provider is located at 110 S MAIN ST HIAWASSEE, GA 30546 and the phone number is (706) 896-2222.
Psychiatric Unit with taxonomy code 273R00000X.
