PENN STATE HEALTH ST JOSEPH
NPI 1699734665
General Acute Care Hospital in Reading, PA

Q: What is St Joseph Regional Health Network's NPI number?

The NPI number for St Joseph Regional Health Network is 1699734665. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on March 20, 2006. The provider is doing business as Penn State Health St Joseph.

Q: What is St Joseph Regional Health Network's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does St Joseph Regional Health Network have?

CMS rates Penn State Health St. Joseph 4 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 March 20, 2006

4/5

Hospital Overall Rating

2500 BERNVILLE RD, READING, PA 19605(610) 378-2000(610) 378-2798 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: August 10, 2023. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 09, 2026.

Record update history: Aug 10, 2023, Sep 23, 2022, Dec 22, 2021 and 2 more (5 updates tracked since 2016).

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About Penn State Health St Joseph NPPES

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

PENN STATE HEALTH ST JOSEPH (NPI 1699734665) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania and active in the NPI registry since March 2006. The organization maintains 9 additional practice locations and lists Edward Chabalowski, Cfo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1699734665

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameST JOSEPH REGIONAL HEALTH NETWORK

Location Address2500 BERNVILLE RDReading, PA 19605-9453

Mailing AddressPo Box 316Reading, PA 19603-0316 · (610) 378-2000 · Fax (610) 378-2798

Phone(610) 378-2000

Fax(610) 378-2798

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialEdward ChabalowskiCfo · (610) 378-2300

Enumeration DateMarch 20, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateAugust 10, 20235 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedAugust 10, 2023

✔ NPI 1699734665 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in PA · 710501

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.

2500 BERNVILLE RD, Reading, PA 19605

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsPenn State Health St Joseph

Secondary Practice Locations 9

Location 1200 Tranquility LaneReading, PA 19607-9569 · Phone (610) 378-2000

Location 2137 Montgomery AveBoyertown, PA 19512-1300 · Phone (610) 378-2000

Location 35 S Centre AveLeesport, PA 19533-8653 · Phone (610) 378-2000

Location 4145 N 6th StreetReading, PA 19601-3096 · Phone (610) 378-2000

Location 52494 Bernville RdReading, PA 19605-9467 · Phone (610) 378-2383

Location 63970 Perkiomen AvenueReading, PA 19606-2757 · Phone (610) 779-1330

Location 7410 East Penn AvenueRobesonia, PA 19551-9014 · Phone (484) 987-3456

Location 82607 Keiser BlvdWyomissing, PA 19610-3326 · Phone (610) 743-3139

Location 92605 Keiser BlvdWyomissing, PA 19610-3326 · Phone (610) 378-2000

Other Identifiers 2

Medicaid1007544970057PA

Other390096Blue Cross

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Penn State Health St. Joseph (CMS certification number 390096), from CMS Care Compare.

Penn State Health St. Joseph

Acute Care Hospitals · Reading, PA

4/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number390096

Location2500 Bernville RoadReading, PA 19605 · Berks County · (610) 378-2000

Emergency services 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

3/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

2/5

Overall hospital rating

3/5

Recommend hospital

4/5

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

12.7% No different than national

Death rate for CABG surgery patients

2.9% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

8.9% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

11.2% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

17.8% No different than national

Infections 5

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

3 observed cases · 5.275 predicted · 6,680 patient days

0.569 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

3 observed cases · 3.993 predicted · 5,178 patient days

0.751 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

1 observed case · 1.981 predicted · 75 patient days

0.505 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

0 observed cases · 1.524 predicted · 38,280 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

5 observed cases · 15.795 predicted · 36,126 patient days

0.317 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 14

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

115 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

508 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

211 days per 100 discharges

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

109 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

113 No different than national

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

113 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

0.5%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

33%

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

223 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

400 minutes

Left before being seen

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

57%

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.

NICOLE BAUMGARTNER-FERNANDEZ DO

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