FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
NPI 1942294814
General Acute Care Hospital in Knoxville, TN

Q: What is Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center's NPI number?

The NPI number for Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is 1942294814. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on September 7, 2005.

Q: What is Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center have?

CMS rates Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center 3 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 September 07, 2005

3/5

Hospital Overall Rating

1901 W CLINCH AVE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37916(865) 374-3000 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: November 21, 2023. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: September 06, 2026.

Record update history: Nov 21, 2023, Oct 12, 2021, Sep 11, 2020 (3 updates tracked since 2020).

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About Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center NPPES

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

FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (NPI 1942294814) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee and active in the NPI registry since September 2005. The organization lists Rick Carringer, Vp Revenue Cycle, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1942294814

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameFORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Location Address1901 W CLINCH AVEKnoxville, TN 37916-2307

Mailing AddressDept 888001Knoxville, TN 37995-8001 · (865) 374-3000

Phone(865) 374-3000

Organization SubpartYesParent: Covenant Health

Authorized OfficialRick CarringerVp Revenue Cycle · (865) 374-3090

Enumeration DateSeptember 7, 2005

Last NPPES UpdateNovember 21, 20233 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedNovember 21, 2023

✔ NPI 1942294814 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 TN · 0000000043

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 ListedClinical Medical LaboratoryTaxonomy 291U00000X

1901 W CLINCH AVE, Knoxville, TN 37916

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Other Identifiers 1

Medicaid0440125TN

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Ambetter from Arkansas Health & Wellness, Ambetter from Home State Health, Ambetter from Magnolia Health and more.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (CMS certification number 440125), from CMS Care Compare.

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Knoxville, TN

3/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private

CMS Certification Number440125

Location1901 W Clinch AveKnoxville, TN 37916 · Knox County · (865) 541-1101

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

4/5

Staff responsiveness

3/5

Communication about medicines

3/5

Discharge information

3/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

3/5

Quietness

3/5

Overall hospital rating

3/5

Recommend hospital

4/5

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

Complications & Deaths 19

CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite

0.76 No different than national

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate

0.94 No different than national

Postoperative wound dehiscence rate

1.63 No different than national

Postoperative sepsis rate

3.91 No different than national

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate

3.18 No different than national

Postoperative respiratory failure rate

6.19 No different than national

Infections 6

MRSA Bacteremia

3 observed cases · 7.059 predicted · 91,847 patient days

0.425 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

9 observed cases · 68.273 predicted · 84,979 patient days

0.132 Better than the national benchmark

SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy

3 observed cases · 1.673 predicted · 197 patient days

1.793 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

2 observed cases · 9.322 predicted · 342 patient days

0.215 Better than the national benchmark

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

6 observed cases · 10.093 predicted · 9,832 patient days

0.594 No different than national

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

6 observed cases · 7.257 predicted · 9,048 patient days

0.827 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 14

Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate

266 No different than national

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

2268 No different than national

Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement

114 No different than national

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

260 No different than national

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

166 No different than national

Rate of readmission for CABG

56 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 17

Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing

12%

Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients

97%

Head CT results

Left before being seen

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

453 minutes

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

257 minutes

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

261%

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.

STEVE G. FERGUSON M.D.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

1901 W CLINCH AVE, SUITE 301 EAST
KNOXVILLE, TN 37916

Knox County (865) 541-1167

MR. JOSHUA AARON BARNES FNP

Nurse Practitioner