Ventura County Medical Center

Hospital in Ventura, CA, Medicare certification number 050159. CMS publishes 61 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 050159The 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 - Local
Control type: Local
Participating since: Jul 1, 1966
Last certification: May 12, 2023
Beds: 272
Overall star rating: 2 of 5Care Compare
Address: 300 Hillmont Avenue
Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 652-6075

NPI records for this facility 1

County of Ventura
- General Acute Care Hospital
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1629167457
Medicare enrollment

Patient survey (HCAHPS) 9

Medicare Care Compare

Cleanliness - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.51 (computed here)
- National average 3.44 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Communication about medicines - star rating Better3 of 5
- State average 2.45 (computed here)
- National average 2.71 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharge information - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.08 (computed here)
- National average 3.31 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Doctor communication - star rating As expected3 of 5
- State average 2.69 (computed here)
- National average 3.12 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Nurse communication - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 2.86 (computed here)
- National average 3.43 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Overall hospital rating - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.05 (computed here)
- National average 3.29 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Quietness - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 2.2 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Recommend hospital - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.43 (computed here)
- National average 3.64 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Summary star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 2.86 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024

Affiliated providers 353

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

Vanessa Danielle Abarca, DO
- Family Medicine Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1952040859
Sohail Abdi-Moradi, M.D.
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician
- Moorpark, CA
- NPI 1376862938
Ambika Agarwal, M.D.
- Radiology Clinic/Center
- Martinez, CA
- NPI 1467785246
Afshin Ahoubim, M.D
- Nephrology Physician
- Loma Linda, CA
- NPI 1932513488
Anne Akhimien, MD
- Family Medicine Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1205408515
Simon Akl, D.O.
- Family Medicine Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1396121190
Richard Alberts, MD
- Diagnostic Radiology Physician
- Hermosa Beach, CA
- NPI 1720061211
David George Alleman, MD
- Anesthesiology Physician
- Houston, TX
- NPI 1093761454
Melissa Hansen Ambrosio, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1871837872
Alejandro Andrade, M.D.
- Family Medicine Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1770713190
David Araujo, M.D.
- Family Medicine Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1114955994
Amir Arfaei, MD
- Pulmonary Disease Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1841270584
Julianne Marie Awrey, M.D.
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1114246287
Michelle Beth Azimov, M.D.
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Santa Paula, CA
- NPI 1831293273
John Tyler Baber Jr., M.D.
- Vascular Surgery Physician
- Oxnard, CA
- NPI 1750607453
Ravinder S Bajwa, MD
- Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1699849489
Nell Wheeler Baldwin, M.D.
- Family Medicine Physician
- Oxnard, CA
- NPI 1376074492
Casey Erety Barbaro, M.D.
- Surgery Physician
- Santa Barbara, CA
- NPI 1093942526
Melissa Lee Barger, M.D.
- Infectious Disease Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1598020968
Kevin Andrew Barkley, M.D.
- Anesthesiology Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1043741473
Erin Barletta, MD
- Anatomic Pathology Physician
- Los Angeles, CA
- NPI 1871120873
Brad David Barrows, D.O.
- Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1043507668
Marc A Beaghler, M.D.
- Urology Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1992796791
Sarah Manon Begert, DO
- Family Medicine Physician
- Ventura, CA
- NPI 1730702952
Mounir Belcadi, MD
- Psychiatry Physician
- Santa Rosa, CA
- NPI 1053341073

Complications and deaths 15

Medicare Care Compare

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected1.22
- State average 1.06 (computed here)
- National average 1.06
- No different than the national rate
- 473 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected0.95
- State average 0.96 (computed here)
- National average 1
- No different than the national value
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for COPD patients As expected8
- State average 8.24 (computed here)
- National average 8.6
- No different than the national rate
- 52 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart attack patients As expected12.1
- State average 11.57 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 32 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patients As expected14.8
- State average 10.29 (computed here)
- National average 11.1
- No different than the national rate
- 89 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected16.4
- State average 14.49 (computed here)
- National average 15.2
- No different than the national rate
- 150 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for stroke patients As expected8.8
- State average 11.57 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 65 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate As expected4.2
- State average 3.81 (computed here)
- National average 3.9
- No different than the national rate
- 1,135 patients
- Period from 07/01/2024
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.19
- State average 0.21 (computed here)
- National average 0.21
- No different than the national rate
- 3,094 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.25
- State average 0.26 (computed here)
- National average 0.27
- No different than the national rate
- 3,000 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected4.37
- State average 3.52 (computed here)
- National average 3.52
- No different than the national rate
- 574 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected3.27
- State average 2.31 (computed here)
- National average 2.34
- No different than the national rate
- 546 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate As expected1.68
- State average 1.8 (computed here)
- National average 1.77
- No different than the national rate
- 173 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.28
- State average 0.48 (computed here)
- National average 0.63
- No different than the national rate
- 2,327 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients As expected4.9
- State average 4.07 (computed here)
- National average 4.1
- No different than the national rate
- 77 patients
- Period from 04/01/2023

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (5)

Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications — 1
Death rate for CABG surgery patients — 5
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate — 7
Postoperative respiratory failure rate — 7
Postoperative sepsis rate — 7

Infections 5

Medicare Care Compare

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) As expected1.18
- State average 0.54
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) As expected1.24
- State average 0.6
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) As expected0.54
- State average 0.37
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
MRSA Bacteremia As expected1.25
- State average 0.7
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
SSI - Colon Surgery Better0
- State average 0.79
- National average 1
- Better than the national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (1)

SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy — 13

Outpatient imaging 2

Medicare Care Compare

Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 8.4
- State average 4.96 (computed here)
- National average 5.83 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024
Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 4
- State average 8.42 (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
- State average 1.02
- National average 0.99 (computed here)
- Period from 01/01/2024

Timely and effective care 19

Medicare Care Compare

Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 91
- State average 89.93 (computed here)
- National average 92.79 (computed here)
- 53 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 72
- State average 70
- National average 65
- 75 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 179
- State average 180
- National average 168
- 388 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 178
- State average 174
- National average 162
- 365 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 218
- State average 260
- National average 257
- 22 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy 94
- State average 93.4 (computed here)
- National average 96.1 (computed here)
- 70 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 94
- State average 93
- National average 93
- 81 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 76
- State average 72
- National average 78
- 3,984 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Hospital Harm - Opioid Related Adverse Events 0
- State average 0.19 (computed here)
- National average 0.18 (computed here)
- 4,676 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia 6
- State average 8.29 (computed here)
- National average 8.08 (computed here)
- 7,145 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia 2
- State average 1.01 (computed here)
- National average 1.09 (computed here)
- 1,524 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 86
- State average 94.78 (computed here)
- National average 93.49 (computed here)
- 464 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Left before being seen 4
- State average 2
- National average 2
- 53,354 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 12
- State average 13
- National average 15
- 1,603 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 92
- State average 77
- National average 73
- 25 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle 79
- State average 88
- National average 87
- 14 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 85
- State average 84
- National average 81
- 75 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 89
- State average 95
- National average 93
- 45 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 72
- State average 86.9 (computed here)
- National average 82.23 (computed here)
- 2,669 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (11)

Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter — 1
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 — high
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
Head CT results — 1
Improvement in Patient's Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery — 5
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) — 1

Unplanned visits 10

Medicare Care Compare

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected21.6
- State average 21.41 (computed here)
- National average 21.3
- No different than the national rate
- 146 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hospital return days for heart failure patients 13
- State average 7.9 (computed here)
- National average 4.02 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 105 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 37.5
- State average 16.67 (computed here)
- National average 5.65 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 152 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected17.7
- State average 17.7 (computed here)
- National average 17.3
- No different than the national rate
- 160 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected6.3
- State average 5.55 (computed here)
- National average 5.4
- No different than the national rate
- 108 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected10.6
- State average 11.39 (computed here)
- National average 10.7
- No different than the national rate
- 108 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement As expected5.6
- State average 5.61 (computed here)
- National average 5.8
- No different than the national rate
- 63 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected19.9
- State average 19.94 (computed here)
- National average 20
- No different than the national rate
- 85 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected13.4
- State average 12.91 (computed here)
- National average 13
- No different than the national rate
- 147 patients
- Period from 01/01/2022
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery As expected1
- State average 1 (computed here)
- National average 1.01 (computed here)
- No different than expected
- 60 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (4)

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate — 1
Hospital return days for heart attack patients — 1
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission Measure (HWR) — 4
Rate of readmission for CABG — 5

Sources for this page

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NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification and the names of the providers listed above.

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