CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL
NPI 1760479331
General Acute Care Hospital in Morehead City, NC

Q: What is Carteret County General Hospital Corporation's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Carteret County General Hospital Corporation have?

CMS rates Carteret General Hospital 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 September 29, 2005

3/5

Hospital Overall Rating

3500 ARENDELL ST, MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557(252) 808-6000(252) 808-6943 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: February 19, 2021. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 09, 2026.

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About Carteret General Hospital NPPES

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

CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL (NPI 1760479331) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Morehead City, North Carolina and active in the NPI registry since September 2005. The organization lists Joanie King, Vp Fiscal Services, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1760479331

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameCARTERET COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION

Location Address3500 ARENDELL STMorehead City, NC 28557-2901

Mailing Address3500 Arendell StMorehead City, NC 28557-2901 · (252) 808-6000 · Fax (252) 808-6943

Phone(252) 808-6000

Fax(252) 808-6943

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialJoanie KingVp Fiscal Services · (252) 808-6104

Enumeration DateSeptember 29, 2005

Last NPPES UpdateFebruary 19, 2021

NPPES CertifiedFebruary 19, 2021

✔ NPI 1760479331 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in NC · H0222

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.

3500 ARENDELL ST, Morehead City, NC 28557

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsCarteret General Hospital

Other Identifiers 4

Other07640NC · Blue Shield Provider Numb

Other0275JNC · Blue Shield Provider Numb

Other00089NC · Blue Cross Provider Number

Medicaid3400142NC

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Carteret General Hospital (CMS certification number 340142), from CMS Care Compare.

Carteret General Hospital

Acute Care Hospitals · Morehead City, NC

3/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipProprietary

CMS Certification Number340142

Location3500 Arendell StMorehead City, NC 28557 · Carteret County · (252) 808-6000

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

4/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

4/5

Doctor communication

4/5

Staff responsiveness

4/5

Communication about medicines

4/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

4/5

Cleanliness

4/5

Quietness

3/5

Overall hospital rating

4/5

Recommend hospital

4/5

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

Complications & Deaths 18

CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite

0.96 No different than national

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate

0.79 No different than national

Postoperative wound dehiscence rate

2.11 No different than national

Postoperative sepsis rate

5.92 No different than national

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate

4.44 No different than national

Postoperative respiratory failure rate

8.26 No different than national

Infections 3

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

8 observed cases · 8.264 predicted · 28,383 patient days

0.968 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

2 observed cases · 1.09 predicted · 30,099 patient days

1.835 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

5 observed cases · 1.696 predicted · 69 patient days

2.948 Worse than the national rate

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate

413 No different than national

Rate of readmission after discharge from hospital (hospital-wide)

1500 No different than national

Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement

313 No different than national

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

383 No different than national

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

155 No different than national

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate

85 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 16

Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy

97%

Discharged on Statin Medication

99%

Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis

100%

Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle

97%

Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle

78%

Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle

85%

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

40%

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.

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