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Medical West Hospital Authority, an Affiliate of Uab Health System

Doing business as Medical West, an Affiliate of Uab Health System

Hospital in Bessemer, AL, Medicare certification number 010114. CMS publishes 58 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services
CCN
010114The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier
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
Nov 1, 1973
Last certification
Feb 14, 2013
Beds
310
Overall star rating
3 of 5Care Compare
Most recent change of ownership
Jan 1, 2006 (1 total)
Address
5000 Medical West Way
Bessemer, AL 35022
(205) 481-7000

NPI records for this facility (CCN to NPI Mapping) 1

Units certified under this facility 2

Provider of Services

Parts 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

Affiliated providers 286

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Clinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.

Complications and deaths 17

Medicare Care Compare
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (3)
  • Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications — 1
  • Death rate for CABG surgery patients — 5
  • Death rate for heart attack patients — 1

Infections 5

Medicare Care Compare
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (1)
  • SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy — 13

Outpatient imaging 2

Medicare Care Compare

Spending per patient 1

Medicare Care Compare

Timely and effective care 15

Medicare Care Compare
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (15)
  • Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter — 5
  • Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 — 5
  • Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before being transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better — 1
  • Emergency department volume — medium
  • Global Malnutrition Composite Score — 5
  • Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Malnutrition Diagnosis Documented — 5
  • Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Malnutrition Risk Screening — 5
  • Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Nutrition Assessment — 5
  • Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Nutritional Care Plan — 5
  • Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination — 5
  • Hospital Harm - Opioid Related Adverse Events — 5
  • Improvement in Patient's Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery — 5
  • Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis — 5
  • ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) — 1
  • Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis — 5

Unplanned visits 9

Medicare Care Compare
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (5)
  • Hospital return days for heart attack patients — 1
  • Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission Measure (HWR) — 4
  • Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy — 1
  • Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy — 1
  • Rate of readmission for CABG — 5

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Sources for this page

Better and worse are CMS's own comparison with the national rate, not ours: for most measures a low score is the good one (deaths, infections) and for others a high one is, so measures where CMS states no comparison are left uncoloured. The exception is star ratings, which are read against the national average here. Quality measures are published by CMS and are not adjusted or re-scored here. Averages marked “computed here” are the mean of every facility reporting that measure, worked out by NPIMap because CMS publishes no comparison for it. Confirm anything you rely on at Medicare Care Compare.