HH Health System - Dekalb LLC
Doing business as Dekalb Regional Medical Center
Hospital in Fort Payne, AL, Medicare certification number 010012. CMS publishes 54 quality measures for it.
Medicare certification
Provider of Services- CCN
- 010012
- Status
- Active
- Provider type
- Hospital – Short-term
- Listed by Care Compare as
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Ownership
- Proprietary
- Control type
- Private (for profit)
- Participating since
- Jul 1, 1966
- Last certification
- Nov 19, 2010
- Beds
- 134
- Overall star rating
- Most recent change of ownership
- Apr 1, 2024 (2 total)
- Address
- 200 Med Center Drive
Fort Payne, AL 35968
(256) 845-3150
NPI records for this facility (CCN to NPI Mapping) 1
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dba DeKalb Regional Medical Center
- General Acute Care Hospital
- Fort Payne, AL
- NPI 1770344665
Medicare enrollment
Units certified under this facility 1
Provider of ServicesParts of this facility that Medicare certifies under a number of their own, such as a psychiatric or rehabilitation unit.
Patient survey (HCAHPS) 9
Medicare Care Compare-
Cleanliness - star rating Worse2
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Communication about medicines - star rating Worse2
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Discharge information - star rating Better4
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Doctor communication - star rating As expected3
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Nurse communication - star rating Better4
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Overall hospital rating - star rating Worse2
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Quietness - star rating Better4
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Recommend hospital - star rating Worse3
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Summary star rating Worse3
Affiliated providers 156
Medicare Care CompareClinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.
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Wael Al-Halaseh, MD
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician
- Fort Payne, AL
- NPI 1760645311
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Ali Hani Al-Tarbsheh, MD
- Pulmonary Disease Physician
- Gadsden, AL
- NPI 1659932341
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Scott Bradley Argo, M.D.
- Family Medicine Physician
- Fort Payne, AL
- NPI 1285963421
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Lisa Dawn Armstrong, CRNP
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Huntsville, AL
- NPI 1497985766
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Emma Reyes Arquitola, CRNP
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Gadsden, AL
- NPI 1700308616
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Ambalavanan Arunachalam, M.D
- Pulmonary Disease Physician
- Chicago, IL
- NPI 1073868154
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Philip Baptiste, MD
- Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician
- Atlanta, GA
- NPI 1992745855
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Jansen Robb Blackwell, DO
- Family Medicine Physician
- Rainsville, AL
- NPI 1083356075
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Carl S Blankenship, MD
- Anesthesiology Physician
- Fort Payne, AL
- NPI 1912922428
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Sandra Blanks, FNP-C
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Henagar, AL
- NPI 1568056109
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Robert Olliff Boatwright, M.D.
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
- Camp Lejeune, NC
- NPI 1578730784
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Corey Nathaniel Brown, DO
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Brandon, MS
- NPI 1487944617
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Darin M Brummett, M.D.
- Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician
- Carrollton, GA
- NPI 1447222476
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Joseph John Burch, M.D.
- Diagnostic Radiology Physician
- Rome, GA
- NPI 1376623512
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Bradley Aaron Cagle, M.D.
- Body Imaging Physician
- Rome, GA
- NPI 1518317569
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Dedra L Capps, CRNP
- Family Medicine Physician
- Rainsville, AL
- NPI 1114027513
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David Oman Carney, MD
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Union Springs, AL
- NPI 1306894779
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Audrey Carson
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Albertville, AL
- NPI 1205426889
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Terri A. Carter, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Chattanooga, TN
- NPI 1609252006
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Patrick William Chargot, DO
- Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
- Sterling Heights, MI
- NPI 1356907000
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Henry J Chen, M.D.
- Interventional Cardiology Physician
- Huntsville, AL
- NPI 1750351169
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Brittany Clements
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Fort Payne, AL
- NPI 1447642731
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Merrilee Burg Coby, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Birmingham, AL
- NPI 1003844671
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Jeffrey Randall Cole, M.D.
- Surgery Physician
- Fort Payne, AL
- NPI 1114100559
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Autum Clark Coots
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Rainsville, AL
- NPI 1386408904
Complications and deaths 17
Medicare Care Compare-
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected1.03
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CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected1.02
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Death rate for COPD patients As expected10.6
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Death rate for heart attack patients As expected11.4
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Death rate for heart failure patients Worse14.6
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Death rate for pneumonia patients Worse22.9
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Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate Worse5
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Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.2
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In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.26
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Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected3.25
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Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate As expected1.66
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Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected2.28
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Postoperative respiratory failure rate As expected11.34
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Postoperative sepsis rate As expected6.04
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Postoperative wound dehiscence rate As expected1.74
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Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.48
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Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients As expected4.6
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (3)
Infections 2
Medicare Care Compare-
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) As expected1.38
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Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) As expected0.35
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (4)
Outpatient imaging 2
Medicare Care Compare-
Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 7.6
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Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 3.3
Spending per patient 1
Medicare Care Compare-
Medicare hospital spending per patient (Medicare Spending per Beneficiary) 0.99
Timely and effective care 14
Medicare Care Compare-
Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 93
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Average (median) time all patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit, including psychiatric/mental health patients and patients who were transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better 174
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Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before being transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better 292
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Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit, excluding patients transferred to another facility or psychiatric care/mental health patients. A lower number of minutes is better 164
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Average (median) time psychiatric/mental health patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit. A lower number of minutes is better 346
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Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 100
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Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 69
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Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 91
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Left before being seen 2
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Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 15
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Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 97
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Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle 93
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Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 95
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Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 100
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (16)
Unplanned visits 9
Medicare Care Compare-
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected14.1
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Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected22.2
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Hospital return days for heart failure patients -0.3
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Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 7.7
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Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected18.5
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Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement As expected6
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Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected20.2
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Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected14
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Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery As expected1
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (5)
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Sources for this page
- Provider of Services: the certification, provider type, beds and status.
- Medicare Care Compare: the star rating and every measure on this page, with the state and national rates CMS publishes beside them, and the clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation.
- NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification and the names of the providers listed above.