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VHS ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY NUMBER 9 INC
NPI 1740252592
General Acute Care Hospital in Framingham, MA

Q: What is Vhs Acquisition Subsidiary Number 9 Inc's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Vhs Acquisition Subsidiary Number 9 Inc have?

CMS rates Metrowest Medical Center 2 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 06, 2006

2/5

Hospital Overall Rating

115 LINCOLN ST, FRAMINGHAM, MA 01702(508) 383-1012(508) 383-1011 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: September 11, 2026. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: September 20, 2026.

Record update history: Sep 11, 2026, Mar 16, 2021, Jul 28, 2020 and 3 more (6 updates tracked since 2016).

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About Vhs Acquisition Subsidiary Number 9 Inc NPPES

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

VHS ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY NUMBER 9 INC (NPI 1740252592), doing business as Metrowest Medical Center, is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Framingham, Massachusetts and active in the NPI registry since February 2006. The organization lists Angelo Pagano, Vp, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1740252592

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameVHS ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY NUMBER 9 INC

Location Address115 LINCOLN STFramingham, MA 01702-6358

Mailing Address14201 Dallas Parkway, Attention: Carol BaileyDallas, TX 75254-2916 · (615) 665-6000 · Fax (615) 665-6184

Phone(508) 383-1012

Fax(508) 383-1011

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialAngelo PaganoVp · (469) 893-2327

Enumeration DateFebruary 6, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateSeptember 11, 20266 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedSeptember 11, 2026

✔ NPI 1740252592 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in MA · VL85

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.

115 LINCOLN ST, Framingham, MA 01702

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsMetrowest Medical Center

Other Identifiers 2

Medicaid1002015MA

Medicaid1200046MA

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Metrowest Medical Center (CMS certification number 220175), from CMS Care Compare.

Metrowest Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Framingham, MA

2/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number220175

Location115 Lincoln StreetFramingham, MA 01701 · Middlesex County · (508) 383-1000

Emergency services Birthing friendly

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

1/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

1/5

Doctor communication

2/5

Staff responsiveness

1/5

Communication about medicines

2/5

Discharge information

2/5

Care transition

1/5

Cleanliness

1/5

Quietness

1/5

Overall hospital rating

1/5

Recommend hospital

1/5

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

Complications & Deaths 18

Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate

2.79 No different than national

Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate

1.65 No different than national

Postoperative respiratory failure rate

8.51 No different than national

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate

3.71 No different than national

Postoperative sepsis rate

5.11 No different than national

Postoperative wound dehiscence rate

1.77 No different than national

Infections 4

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

13 observed cases · 13.804 predicted · 25,040 patient days

0.942 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

0 observed cases · 1.091 predicted · 26,951 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

3 observed cases · 1.565 predicted · 1,961 patient days

1.917 No different than national

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

1 observed case · 1.074 predicted · 1,279 patient days

0.931 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

41 No different than national

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

41 No different than national

Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery

310 No different than national

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate

82 No different than national

Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients

129 No different than national

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

374 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 13

Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle

80%

Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle

69%

Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle

65%

Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle

71%

Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock

45%

Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients

91%

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

58%

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.

JORGE ALEJANDRO ALZATE CRNA

Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered