VA NEW JERSEY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
NPI 1942248695
General Acute Care Hospital in East Orange, NJ

Q: What is the provider's specialty?

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

Active since June 03, 2006

1/5

Hospital Overall Rating

385 TREMONT AVE, EAST ORANGE, NJ 07018(973) 676-1000(973) 395-7042 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: March 3, 2008. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: July 19, 2026.

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About Va New Jersey Health Care System NPPES

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

VA NEW JERSEY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM (NPI 1942248695) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in East Orange, New Jersey and active in the NPI registry since June 2006. The organization lists Luci O. Williams, Clinical Dietitian, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1942248695

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameVA NEW JERSEY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Location Address385 TREMONT AVEEast Orange, NJ 07018-1023

Mailing Address109 Grand Ave, Unit 1 GEnglewood, NJ 07631-3533 · (201) 541-6945

Phone(973) 676-1000

Fax(973) 395-7042

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialLuci O. WilliamsClinical Dietitian · (973) 676-1000

Enumeration DateJune 3, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateMarch 3, 2008

✔ NPI 1942248695 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed · 463581

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.

385 TREMONT AVE, East Orange, NJ 07018

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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 31D0987041

VA New Jersey Hcs - East Orange Campus · East Orange, NJ

Expired · May 22, 2026

CLIA Number31D0987041

Laboratory TypeHospital

Certificate Effective DateMay 25, 2001

Certificate Expiration DateMay 22, 2026

Laboratory DirectorCynthia Bowman

Laboratory Phone(973) 676-1000

Laboratory LocationVA New Jersey Hcs - East Orange Campus385 Tremont Ave A Level 1st Fl B Wing, East Orange, NJ 07018

CLIA data matches this NPI record on: Address 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 VA New Jersey Health Care System (CMS certification number 31001F), from CMS Care Compare.

VA New Jersey Health Care System

Acute Care - Veterans Administration · East Orange, NJ

1/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVeterans Health Administration

CMS Certification Number31001F

Location385 Tremont AvenueEast Orange, NJ 07018 · Essex County · (973) 676-1000

Emergency services

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

3/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

3/5

Doctor communication

4/5

Staff responsiveness

2/5

Communication about medicines

3/5

Discharge information

2/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

4/5

Overall hospital rating

3/5

Recommend hospital

2/5

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

Complications & Deaths 17

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for heart attack patients

11.6% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

7% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

7.3% Better than the national benchmark

Death rate for pneumonia patients

15.1% No different than national

Pressure ulcer rate

1.93 Worse than the national rate

Infections 2

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

0 observed cases · 1.092 predicted · 1,043 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

2 observed cases · 2.238 predicted · 2,157 patient days

0.894 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 9

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

Cases too small to report

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

286 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

139 days per 100 discharges

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate

32 No different than national

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

191 No different than national

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

286 No different than national

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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