Dale Medical Center
Hospital in Ozark, AL, Medicare certification number 010021. CMS publishes 33 quality measures for it.
Medicare certification
Provider of Services- CCN
- 010021
- Status
- Active
- Provider type
- Hospital – Short-term
- Listed by Care Compare as
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Ownership
- Government - Hospital District or Authority
- Control type
- Hospital district or authority
- Participating since
- Jul 1, 1966
- Last certification
- Nov 17, 2025
- Beds
- 89
- Address
- 126 Hospital Ave
Ozark, AL 36360
(334) 774-2601
NPI records for this facility 1
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- General Acute Care Hospital
- Ozark, AL
- NPI 1942380357
Medicare enrollment
Patient survey (HCAHPS) 0
Medicare Care CompareMeasures CMS does not publish for this facility (9)
Complications and deaths 10
Medicare Care Compare-
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected1.04
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CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected1.16
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Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected14.8
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Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate Worse6.3
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Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.21
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In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.27
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Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected3.47
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Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected2.33
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Postoperative respiratory failure rate As expected16.47
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Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.56
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (10)
Infections 1
Medicare Care Compare-
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) As expected0.39
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (5)
Outpatient imaging 2
Medicare Care Compare-
Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 4.5
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Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 7.2
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 53
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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 152
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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 260
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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 148
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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 279
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Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 88
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Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 53
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Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 85
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Left before being seen 2
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Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 11
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Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 60
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Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 77
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Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 100
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Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 63
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (16)
Unplanned visits 5
Medicare Care Compare-
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected20.6
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Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 40.9
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Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected16.9
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Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected19.8
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Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected12.7
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (9)
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.
- NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification.