COMMUNITY HOWARD REGIONAL HEALTH, INC
NPI 1902878994
General Acute Care Hospital in Kokomo, IN

Q: What is the provider's specialty?

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

Active since February 03, 2006CLIA 15D0035134 · Accreditation

4/5

Hospital Overall Rating

3500 S LAFOUNTAIN ST, KOKOMO, IN 46902(765) 453-0702(765) 453-8087 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: February 23, 2022. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: July 19, 2026.

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About Community Howard Regional Health, Inc NPPES

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

COMMUNITY HOWARD REGIONAL HEALTH, INC (NPI 1902878994) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Kokomo, Indiana and active in the NPI registry since February 2006. The organization holds an CLIA Accreditation certificate valid through January 16, 2028 and lists Elizabeth Shirene Tharp, Ceo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1902878994

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameCOMMUNITY HOWARD REGIONAL HEALTH, INC

Location Address3500 S LAFOUNTAIN STKokomo, IN 46902-3803

Mailing Address3500 S Lafountain StKokomo, IN 46902-3803 · (765) 453-0702 · Fax (765) 453-8087

Phone(765) 453-0702

Fax(765) 453-8087

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialElizabeth Shirene TharpCeo · (765) 298-5125

Enumeration DateFebruary 3, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateFebruary 23, 2022

NPPES CertifiedFebruary 23, 2022

✔ NPI 1902878994 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 IN · 060050071

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 ListedAmbulance · Land TransportTaxonomy 3416L0300X

3500 S LAFOUNTAIN ST, Kokomo, IN 46902

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Other Identifiers 3

Medicaid201093730IN

Medicaid201093040IN

Medicaid100136240DIN

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Ambetter from Buckeye Health Plan, Ambetter from Meridian, 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 15D0035134

Community Howard Regional Hospital Point Of Care · Kokomo, IN

Active · expires Jan 16, 2028

CLIA Number15D0035134

Laboratory TypeHospital

Certificate Effective DateJanuary 17, 2026

Certificate Expiration DateJanuary 16, 2028

Laboratory DirectorDr. Robert Quirey

Laboratory Phone(765) 453-8159

Laboratory LocationCommunity Howard Regional Hospital Point Of Care3500 S Lafountain Street, Kokomo, IN 46904

CLIA data matches this NPI record on: Address

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 Community Howard Regional Health Inc. (CMS certification number 150007), from CMS Care Compare.

Community Howard Regional Health Inc.

Acute Care Hospitals · Kokomo, IN

4/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number150007

Location3500 S Lafountain StKokomo, IN 46902 · Howard County · (765) 776-8000

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

4/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

5/5

Doctor communication

4/5

Staff responsiveness

4/5

Communication about medicines

4/5

Discharge information

5/5

Care transition

4/5

Cleanliness

4/5

Quietness

4/5

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

1.11 No different than national

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate

1.05 No different than national

Postoperative wound dehiscence rate

1.80 No different than national

Postoperative sepsis rate

5.04 No different than national

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate

3.68 No different than national

Postoperative respiratory failure rate

17.94 No different than national

Infections 4

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

2 observed cases · 8.28 predicted · 19,621 patient days

0.242 Better than the national benchmark

MRSA Bacteremia

1 observed case · 1.211 predicted · 19,761 patient days

0.826 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

2 observed cases · 1.379 predicted · 53 patient days

1.450 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

0 observed cases · 1.096 predicted · 1,031 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate

193 No different than national

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

813 No different than national

Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement

106 No different than national

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

181 No different than national

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

94 No different than national

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate

63 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 17

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

Emergency department volume

Medium

Discharged on Statin Medication

99%

Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2

97%

Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy

100%

Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle

74%

Maternal Health 5

Elective Delivery

25%

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure

Yes

Cesarean Birth

135

Risk Adjusted Severe Obstetric Complications (All)

367

Risk Adjusted Severe Obstetric Complications (excluding blood-transfusion-only cases)

367

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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