Arkansas Methodist Medical Center

Hospital in Paragould, AR, Medicare certification number 040039. CMS publishes 55 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 040039The 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: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Control type: Private (not for profit)
Participating since: Jul 1, 1966
Last certification: Feb 10, 2023
Beds: 129
Overall star rating: 2 of 5Care Compare
Address: 900 West Kingshighway
Paragould, AR 72450
(870) 239-7000

NPI records for this facility 1

Arkansas Methodist Hospital Corporation
- General Acute Care Hospital
- Paragould, AR
- NPI 1437222312
Medicare enrollment

Patient survey (HCAHPS) 9

Medicare Care Compare

Cleanliness - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.24 (computed here)
- National average 3.44 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Communication about medicines - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 2.7 (computed here)
- National average 2.71 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharge information - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 2.89 (computed here)
- National average 3.31 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Doctor communication - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.32 (computed here)
- National average 3.12 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Nurse communication - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.38 (computed here)
- National average 3.43 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Overall hospital rating - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.38 (computed here)
- National average 3.29 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Quietness - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.84 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Recommend hospital - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.59 (computed here)
- National average 3.64 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Summary star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.22 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024

Complications and deaths 13

Medicare Care Compare

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected1.01
- State average 1.06 (computed here)
- National average 1.06
- No different than the national rate
- 71 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected0.98
- State average 1.04 (computed here)
- National average 1
- No different than the national value
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for COPD patients As expected9.9
- State average 9.28 (computed here)
- National average 8.6
- No different than the national rate
- 57 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patients As expected12.6
- State average 11.67 (computed here)
- National average 11.1
- No different than the national rate
- 78 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected13.9
- State average 16.22 (computed here)
- National average 15.2
- No different than the national rate
- 152 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for stroke patients As expected16.1
- State average 15.63 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 33 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate Worse5.2
- State average 4.44 (computed here)
- National average 3.9
- Worse than the national rate
- 628 patients
- Period from 07/01/2024
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.2
- State average 0.22 (computed here)
- National average 0.21
- No different than the national rate
- 1,387 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.26
- State average 0.28 (computed here)
- National average 0.27
- No different than the national rate
- 1,364 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected4.72
- State average 3.34 (computed here)
- National average 3.52
- No different than the national rate
- 175 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected2.23
- State average 2.37 (computed here)
- National average 2.34
- No different than the national rate
- 179 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate As expected1.73
- State average 1.81 (computed here)
- National average 1.77
- No different than the national rate
- 32 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.42
- State average 0.73 (computed here)
- National average 0.63
- No different than the national rate
- 1,000 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (7)

Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications — 1
Death rate for CABG surgery patients — 5
Death rate for heart attack patients — 1
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate — 7
Postoperative respiratory failure rate — 7
Postoperative sepsis rate — 7
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients — 1

Infections 2

Medicare Care Compare

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) As expected0.63
- State average 0.46
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) As expected0.69
- State average 0.35
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (4)

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) — 13
MRSA Bacteremia — 13
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy — 13
SSI - Colon Surgery — 13

Outpatient imaging 2

Medicare Care Compare

Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 20.4
- State average 7.66 (computed here)
- National average 5.83 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024
Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 13.7
- State average 6.84 (computed here)
- National average 8.08 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024

Spending per patient 1

Medicare Care Compare

Medicare hospital spending per patient (Medicare Spending per Beneficiary) 1.12
- State average 1.03
- National average 0.99 (computed here)
- Period from 01/01/2024

Timely and effective care 17

Medicare Care Compare

Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 92
- State average 91.85 (computed here)
- National average 92.79 (computed here)
- 25 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 40
- State average 68
- National average 65
- 102 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
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 178
- State average 156
- National average 168
- 408 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before being transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better 251
- State average 239
- National average 287
- 43 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
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 165
- State average 150
- National average 162
- 337 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time psychiatric/mental health patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit. A lower number of minutes is better 236
- State average 226
- National average 257
- 29 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy 96
- State average 95.59 (computed here)
- National average 96.1 (computed here)
- 25 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 100
- State average 94
- National average 93
- 73 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Head CT results 79
- State average 72
- National average 69
- 24 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 90
- State average 78
- National average 78
- 726 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 88
- State average 93.17 (computed here)
- National average 93.49 (computed here)
- 230 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Left before being seen 4
- State average 2
- National average 2
- 20,902 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 17
- State average 16
- National average 15
- 679 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 46
- State average 78
- National average 73
- 24 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 57
- State average 82
- National average 81
- 102 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 96
- State average 92
- National average 93
- 28 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 85
- State average 73.47 (computed here)
- National average 82.23 (computed here)
- 1,473 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (13)

Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter — 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
Hospital Harm - Opioid Related Adverse Events — 5
Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia — 5
Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia — 5
Improvement in Patient's Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery — 5
Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle — 1, 2
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) — 1

Unplanned visits 11

Medicare Care Compare

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected14.3
- State average 14.43 (computed here)
- National average 14.4
- No different than the national rate
- 36 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected21.7
- State average 21.64 (computed here)
- National average 21.3
- No different than the national rate
- 133 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hospital return days for heart failure patients 53.1
- State average 6.34 (computed here)
- National average 4.02 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 95 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 46.6
- State average 4.76 (computed here)
- National average 5.65 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 155 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected18.7
- State average 17.32 (computed here)
- National average 17.3
- No different than the national rate
- 209 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected5.3
- State average 5.29 (computed here)
- National average 5.4
- No different than the national rate
- 27 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected9.7
- State average 10.89 (computed here)
- National average 10.7
- No different than the national rate
- 27 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement As expected5.4
- State average 6.04 (computed here)
- National average 5.8
- No different than the national rate
- 26 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected21
- State average 19.7 (computed here)
- National average 20
- No different than the national rate
- 107 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected13.5
- State average 13.1 (computed here)
- National average 13
- No different than the national rate
- 293 patients
- Period from 01/01/2022
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery As expected1.1
- State average 1 (computed here)
- National average 1.01 (computed here)
- No different than expected
- 61 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (3)

Hospital return days for heart attack patients — 1
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission Measure (HWR) — 4
Rate of readmission for CABG — 5

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