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

Q: What is Community Howard Regional Health, Inc's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Community Howard Regional Health, Inc have?

CMS rates Community Howard Regional Health Inc. 4 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 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: August 09, 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

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

2.5 No different than national

Death rate for heart attack patients

14% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

12.5% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

16.2% Worse than the national rate

Death rate for pneumonia patients

17.3% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

13.9% No different than national

Infections 4

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

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

0.000 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

2 observed cases · 1.379 predicted · 53 patient days

1.450 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

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

0.826 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

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

0.242 Better than the national benchmark

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

63 fewer days than average per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

181 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

193 days per 100 discharges

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

198 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

130 No different than national

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

130 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 17

Emergency department volume

Medium

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

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

93%

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

158 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

303 minutes

Left before being seen

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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