NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER
NPI 1780270371
Medicare Defined Swing Bed Unit in Springdale, AR

Q: What is Northwest Arkansas Hospitals LLC's NPI number?

The NPI number for Northwest Arkansas Hospitals LLC is 1780270371. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on December 17, 2020. The provider is doing business as Northwest Medical Center.

Q: What is Northwest Arkansas Hospitals LLC's specialty?

The primary specialty registered for this NPI is Medicare Defined Swing Bed Unit with taxonomy code 275N00000X.

Q: What quality rating does Northwest Arkansas Hospitals LLC have?

CMS rates Northwest Medical Center-Springdale 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 December 17, 2020

2/5

Hospital Overall Rating

609 W MAPLE AVE, SPRINGDALE, AR 72764(479) 751-5711(479) 757-2908 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: April 16, 2021. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 16, 2026.

Record update history: Apr 16, 2021, Dec 17, 2020 (2 updates tracked since 2020).

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About Northwest Medical Center NPPES

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

NORTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER (NPI 1780270371) is a healthcare organization registered as a medicare defined swing bed unit in Springdale, Arkansas and active in the NPI registry since December 2020. The organization maintains a secondary practice location in Bentonville and lists Paula Lalor, Director / Delegated Official, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1780270371

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy275N00000X

Legal Business NameNORTHWEST ARKANSAS HOSPITALS LLC

Location Address609 W MAPLE AVESpringdale, AR 72764-5335

Mailing Address609 W Maple AveSpringdale, AR 72764-5335 · (479) 751-5711 · Fax (479) 757-2908

Phone(479) 751-5711

Fax(479) 757-2908

Organization SubpartYes

Authorized OfficialPaula LalorDirector / Delegated Official · (629) 215-3953

Enumeration DateDecember 17, 2020

Last NPPES UpdateApril 16, 20212 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedApril 16, 2021

✔ NPI 1780270371 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyMedicare Defined Swing Bed UnitHospital Units

Taxonomy Code275N00000X

Definition

A unit of a hospital that has a Medicare provider agreement and has been granted approval from HCFA to provide post-hospital extended care services and be reimbursed as a swing-bed unit.

609 W MAPLE AVE, Springdale, AR 72764

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsNorthwest Medical Center

Secondary Practice Location 1

Location 13000 Medical Center PkwyBentonville, AR 72712-3217 · Phone (479) 553-1000 · Fax (479) 553-1900

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Northwest Medical Center-Springdale (CMS certification number 040022), from CMS Care Compare.

Northwest Medical Center-Springdale

Acute Care Hospitals · Springdale, AR

2/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipProprietary

CMS Certification Number040022

Location609 West Maple AvenueSpringdale, AR 72764 · Washington County · (479) 751-5711

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

3/5

Care transition

2/5

Cleanliness

3/5

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 19

Death rate for pneumonia patients

19.2% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

12.5% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

14.5% Worse than the national rate

Death rate for CABG surgery patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for heart attack patients

14.2% No different than national

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

Cases too small to report

Infections 6

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

2 observed cases · 3.578 predicted · 4,020 patient days

0.559 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

2 observed cases · 4.671 predicted · 4,955 patient days

0.428 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

2 observed cases · 1.317 predicted · 49 patient days

1.519 No different than national

SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy

3 observed cases · 1.722 predicted · 224 patient days

1.742 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

3 observed cases · 3.323 predicted · 68,086 patient days

0.903 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

6 observed cases · 18.585 predicted · 57,974 patient days

0.323 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 14

Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate

278 Better than the national benchmark

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

1251 No different than national

Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement

Cases too small to report

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

257 No different than national

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

126 No different than national

Rate of readmission for CABG

Cases too small to report

Timely & Effective Care 18

Discharged on Statin Medication

92%

Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy

97%

Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle

93%

Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle

86%

Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle

75%

Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle

63%

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

90%

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.

ROBI EVERT AZUCENA TIAMZON

Registered Nurse (Emergency)