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HMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION
NPI 1831601590
General Acute Care Hospital in Manahawkin, NJ

Q: What is the provider's specialty?

The provider's specialty is General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.

Active since November 02, 2017CLIA 31D0005283 · Accreditation

3/5

Hospital Overall Rating

1140 ROUTE 72 W, MANAHAWKIN, NJ 08050(609) 597-6011 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: July 10, 2026. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: July 19, 2026.

Record update history: Jul 10, 2026, Nov 2, 2017 (2 updates tracked since 2017).

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About Hmh Hospitals Corporation NPPES

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

HMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION (NPI 1831601590), doing business as Southern Ocean Medical Center, is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Manahawkin, New Jersey and active in the NPI registry since November 2017. The organization holds an CLIA Accreditation certificate valid through January 2, 2027 and lists Richard Hand, Svp - Finance, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1831601590

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameHMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION

Location Address1140 ROUTE 72 WManahawkin, NJ 08050-2412

Mailing Address60 2nd St Fl 4Hackensack, NJ 07601-2050 · (201) 468-4134

Phone(609) 597-6011

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialRichard HandSvp - Finance · (732) 481-8529

Enumeration DateNovember 2, 2017

Last NPPES UpdateJuly 10, 20262 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedJuly 10, 2026

✔ NPI 1831601590 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

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.

1140 ROUTE 72 W, Manahawkin, NJ 08050

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsSouthern Ocean Medical Center

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 31D0005283

Southern Ocean Medical Center · Manahawkin, NJ

Active · expires Jan 2, 2027

CLIA Number31D0005283

Laboratory TypeHospital

Certificate Effective DateJanuary 3, 2025

Certificate Expiration DateJanuary 2, 2027

Laboratory DirectorDr. Guldeep K. Uppal

Laboratory Phone(609) 597-6011

Laboratory LocationSouthern Ocean Medical Center1140 Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ 08050

CLIA data matches this NPI record on: Address Name Phone

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 Southern Ocean Medical Center (CMS certification number 310113), from CMS Care Compare.

Southern Ocean Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Manahawkin, NJ

3/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number310113

Location1140 Rt 72 WManahawkin, NJ 08050 · Ocean County · (609) 597-6011

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

3/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

4/5

Doctor communication

3/5

Staff responsiveness

3/5

Communication about medicines

3/5

Discharge information

3/5

Care transition

2/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

1/5

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 18

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for heart attack patients

13.3% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

7% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

11.5% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

17.2% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

13% No different than national

Infections 5

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

2 observed cases · 1.967 predicted · 2,855 patient days

1.017 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

2 observed cases · 2.599 predicted · 3,545 patient days

0.770 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

2 observed cases · 2.491 predicted · 104 patient days

0.803 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

2 observed cases · 1.798 predicted · 41,313 patient days

1.112 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

2 observed cases · 15.702 predicted · 40,515 patient days

0.127 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

68 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

541 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

454 days per 100 discharges

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

680 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

167 No different than national

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

167 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 17

Emergency department volume

High

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

26%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

89%

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

185 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

698 minutes

Left before being seen

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

32%

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.

ANDREA DIFIORE CRNA

Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered