OCEAN MEDICAL CENTER
NPI 1962409987
General Acute Care Hospital in Brick, NJ

Q: What is Meridian Hospitals Corporation's NPI number?

The NPI number for Meridian Hospitals Corporation is 1962409987. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on July 5, 2005. The provider is doing business as Ocean Medical Center.

Q: What is Meridian Hospitals Corporation's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Meridian Hospitals Corporation have?

CMS rates Ocean 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 July 05, 2005CLIA 31D0123208 · Accreditation

3/5

Hospital Overall Rating

425 JACK MARTIN BLVD, BRICK, NJ 08724(732) 840-2200 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: February 24, 2008. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: September 13, 2026.

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About Ocean Medical Center NPPES

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

OCEAN MEDICAL CENTER (NPI 1962409987) is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Brick, New Jersey and active in the NPI registry since July 2005. The organization holds an CLIA Accreditation certificate valid through February 27, 2027 and lists John Gantner, Senior Vp, Finance & Cfo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1962409987

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameMERIDIAN HOSPITALS CORPORATION

Location Address425 JACK MARTIN BLVDBrick, NJ 08724-7732

Mailing Address2020 6th AveNeptune City, NJ 07753-6109 · (732) 897-7130 · Fax (732) 897-7227

Phone(732) 840-2200

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialJohn GantnerSenior Vp, Finance & Cfo · (732) 751-7520

Enumeration DateJuly 5, 2005

Last NPPES UpdateFebruary 24, 2008

✔ NPI 1962409987 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.

425 JACK MARTIN BLVD, Brick, NJ 08724

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsOcean Medical Center

Other Identifiers 2

Medicaid3674908NJ

Medicare OSCAR/certification310052NJ

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 31D0123208

Ocean Care Center · Point Pleasant, NJ

Active · expires Feb 27, 2027

CLIA Number31D0123208

Laboratory TypeRemote Emergency Dept

Certificate Effective DateFebruary 28, 2025

Certificate Expiration DateFebruary 27, 2027

Laboratory DirectorDr. Sophia N. Kotliar

Laboratory Phone(732) 840-2200

Laboratory LocationOcean Care Center1517 Richmond Avenue, Point Pleasant, NJ 08742

CLIA data matches this NPI record on: 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 Ocean Medical Center (CMS certification number 310052), from CMS Care Compare.

Ocean Medical Center

Acute Care Hospitals · Brick, NJ

3/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Other

CMS Certification Number310052

Location425 Jack Martin BlvdBrick, NJ 08724 · Ocean County · (732) 840-2200

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

2/5

Staff responsiveness

3/5

Communication about medicines

2/5

Discharge information

3/5

Care transition

2/5

Cleanliness

3/5

Quietness

2/5

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

4.2 No different than national

Death rate for heart attack patients

14.2% No different than national

Death rate for COPD patients

8.4% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

11.9% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

16.1% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

13% No different than national

Infections 5

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)

4 observed cases · 6.232 predicted · 5,870 patient days

0.642 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

6 observed cases · 10.143 predicted · 7,975 patient days

0.592 No different than national

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

32 observed cases · 43.226 predicted · 94,519 patient days

0.740 No different than national

MRSA Bacteremia

5 observed cases · 6.299 predicted · 94,620 patient days

0.794 No different than national

SSI - Colon Surgery

4 observed cases · 5.722 predicted · 239 patient days

0.699 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

227 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

1014 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

873 more days than average per 100 discharges

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

255 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

190 No different than national

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

190 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 17

Emergency department volume

Very high

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

21.6%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

87%

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

165 minutes

Left before being seen

Head CT results

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

92%

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.

MRS. DANIELLE JEANETTE HUTCHINS MS

Counselor (Mental Health)