ST ELIZABETH FT. THOMAS
NPI 1740221795
General Acute Care Hospital in Fort Thomas, KY

Q: What is St Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc's NPI number?

The NPI number for St Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc is 1740221795. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on June 9, 2006. The provider is doing business as St Elizabeth Ft. Thomas.

Q: What is St Elizabeth 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 St Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc have?

CMS rates St Elizabeth Ft Thomas 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 June 09, 2006CLIA 18D0324575 · Accreditation

3/5

Hospital Overall Rating

85 N GRAND AVE, FORT THOMAS, KY 41075(859) 572-3100(859) 578-5980 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: January 16, 2023. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 02, 2026.

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About St Elizabeth Ft. Thomas NPPES

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

ST ELIZABETH FT. THOMAS (NPI 1740221795) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Fort Thomas, Kentucky and active in the NPI registry since June 2006. The organization holds an CLIA Accreditation certificate valid through January 2, 2027 and lists Lori Ritchey-baldwin, Cfo (interim), as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1740221795

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameST ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTER, INC

Location Address85 N GRAND AVEFort Thomas, KY 41075

Mailing Address1 Medical Village DrEdgewood, KY 41017-3403 · (859) 655-1889 · Fax (859) 578-5980

Phone(859) 572-3100

Fax(859) 578-5980

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialLori Ritchey-baldwinCfo (interim) · (859) 655-0109

Enumeration DateJune 9, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateJanuary 16, 2023

NPPES CertifiedJanuary 16, 2023

✔ NPI 1740221795 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 KY · 100059

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 ListedClinic/Center · Rehabilitation, Substance Use DisorderTaxonomy 261QR0405X

85 N GRAND AVE, Fort Thomas, KY 41075

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsSt Elizabeth Ft. Thomas

Other Identifiers 30

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Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Ambetter from Buckeye Health Plan, Ambetter from Home State Health, Ambetter Health and more.Insurance ›

CLIA Laboratory Certificates CMS CLIA

Laboratory certificates issued under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program, which sets federal quality standards for human laboratory testing in the United States. There is no official CMS crosswalk between CLIA and NPI numbers; these certificates are associated with this NPI by matching facility names, locations and phone numbers in the CMS CLIA registry.

Certificate of Accreditation 18D0324575

St Elizabeth Ft Thomas Lab · Fort Thomas, KY

Active · expires Jan 2, 2027

CLIA Number18D0324575

Laboratory TypeHospital

Certificate Effective DateJanuary 3, 2025

Certificate Expiration DateJanuary 2, 2027

Laboratory DirectorDr. Qing Lu

Laboratory Phone(859) 572-3690

Laboratory LocationSt Elizabeth Ft Thomas Lab85 North Grand Avenue, Fort Thomas, KY 41075

CLIA data matches this NPI record on: Address Name

This is a certificate that is issued to a laboratory on the basis of the laboratory's accreditation by an accreditation organization approved by CMS.

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for St Elizabeth Ft Thomas (CMS certification number 180001), from CMS Care Compare.

St Elizabeth Ft Thomas

Acute Care Hospitals · Fort Thomas, KY

3/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number180001

Location85 North Grand AvenueFort Thomas, KY 41075 · Campbell County · (859) 572-3100

Emergency services Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

3/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

4/5

Doctor communication

4/5

Staff responsiveness

4/5

Communication about medicines

4/5

Discharge information

3/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

3/5

Overall hospital rating

3/5

Recommend hospital

3/5

Star ratings summarize responses from patients surveyed after discharge, collected through the CMS HCAHPS program.

Complications & Deaths 17

Death rate for heart attack patients

12.5% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

7.6% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

10% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

16.9% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

12.6% No different than national

Pressure ulcer rate

0.75 No different than national

Infections 5

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

2 observed cases · 2.92 predicted · 3,199 patient days

0.685 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

3 observed cases · 2.122 predicted · 2,105 patient days

1.414 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

1 observed case · 1.027 predicted · 40 patient days

0.974 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

2 observed cases · 1.789 predicted · 33,722 patient days

1.118 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

5 observed cases · 23.67 predicted · 33,722 patient days

0.211 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 12

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

Cases too small to report

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

185 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

210 days per 100 discharges

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

111 No different than national

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

Medium

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

4.9%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

98%

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

170 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

245 minutes

Left before being seen

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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.

DR. RICHARD STEWART DO

Emergency Medicine