Rapides Healthcare System LLC

Doing business as Rapides Regional Medical Center

Hospital in Alexandria, LA, Medicare certification number 190026. CMS publishes 63 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 190026The 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: Proprietary
Control type: Private (for profit)
Participating since: Jul 1, 1966
Last certification: Sep 6, 2025
Beds: 346
Overall star rating: 2 of 5Care Compare
Most recent change of ownership: Mar 1, 1998 (4 total)
Address: 211 4TH Street
Alexandria, LA 71301
(318) 769-3000

NPI records for this facility (CCN to NPI Mapping) 3

Rapides Healthcare System, L.L.C.

dba Rapides Regional Medical Center
- General Acute Care Hospital
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1477500015
Medicare enrollment
Rapides Healthcare System, LLC

dba HP Long Urgent Care-Pineville
- Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
- Pineville, LA
- NPI 1083031413
Medicare enrollment
Rapides Healthcare System, LLC

dba HP Long Urgent Care Clinic-Alexandria
- Urgent Care Clinic/Center
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1477970168
Medicare enrollment

Patient survey (HCAHPS) 9

Medicare Care Compare

Cleanliness - star rating Worse1 of 5
- State average 3.59 (computed here)
- National average 3.44 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Communication about medicines - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 3.14 (computed here)
- National average 2.71 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharge information - star rating Worse1 of 5
- State average 3.41 (computed here)
- National average 3.31 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Doctor communication - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 3.75 (computed here)
- National average 3.12 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Nurse communication - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 3.8 (computed here)
- National average 3.43 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Overall hospital rating - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 3.64 (computed here)
- National average 3.29 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Quietness - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 4.25 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Recommend hospital - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 4 (computed here)
- National average 3.64 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Summary star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 3.66 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024

Affiliated providers 384

Page 1 of 16Medicare Care Compare

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

Bassam Abi-Rached, M.D.
- Hematology & Oncology Physician
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1285637314
Srishti Abrol, MD
- Diagnostic Radiology Physician
- Chicago, IL
- NPI 1396240214
Brian Curtis Adams, M.D., M.P.H.
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1396006995
Jonas Vladas Adams, DO
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Kalamazoo, MI
- NPI 1104316959
Tesfaye Nigussie Admasu, MD
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Hamilton, NJ
- NPI 1144892357
Darryl J Aguilar, MD
- Surgery Physician
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1265431597
Suryadev R Allam, MD
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1760125231
Michael Dale Allen, M.D.
- Diagnostic Radiology Physician
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1487652707
Samuel Alejandro Allen, DDS
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.)
- Norfolk, VA
- NPI 1952503492
Jonathan Jacob Allred
- Diagnostic Radiology Physician
- Knoxville, TN
- NPI 1467816652
Natalie Ketsia Alphonse Sullivan, M.D.
- Radiation Oncology Physician
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1003255761
Muhannad Alqudsi, MD
- Nephrology Physician
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1528297850
Yousef Alshamrani, DDS
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.)
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1770969008
Mohammed A. Amari, M.D., FCCP
- Pulmonary Disease Physician
- Bentonville, AR
- NPI 1447353339
Iradat Abiodun Amusa, MD , MPH
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Bridgeport, CT
- NPI 1871946004
Ariel O Antezana
- Neurology Physician
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1962737080
Todd C Antony, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1043203714
Tessa Awum Anyangwe, , AGACNP, APRN-BC
- Nurse Practitioner
- Houston, TX
- NPI 1992499032
Abhishek Appukuttan Nair
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1326427089
Sadie McCauley Ardoin, NURSE PRACTITIONER
- Adult Health Nurse Practitioner
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1053567750
Stacey Lacombe Armand, FNP-C
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Ferriday, LA
- NPI 1841676129
Brent William Arnold, DO
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Chillicothe, OH
- NPI 1164816633
Joseph A Badeaux III, MD
- Otolaryngology Physician
- Alexandria, LA
- NPI 1346244852
Muaamar Baldawi, DO
- Hospitalist Physician
- Shenandoah, TX
- NPI 1063031086
Deddeh M Ballah-Leahey, M.D.
- Diagnostic Radiology Physician
- Philadelphia, PA
- NPI 1932463478

Complications and deaths 19

Medicare Care Compare

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected0.98
- State average 1.03 (computed here)
- National average 1.06
- No different than the national rate
- 1,281 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected1.08
- State average 1.01 (computed here)
- National average 1
- No different than the national value
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications As expected178.01
- State average 180.93 (computed here)
- National average 173.3
- No different than the national rate
- 116 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for CABG surgery patients As expected2.6
- State average 2.98 (computed here)
- National average 2.4
- No different than the national rate
- 94 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for COPD patients As expected9.7
- State average 8.87 (computed here)
- National average 8.6
- No different than the national rate
- 79 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart attack patients As expected11.8
- State average 12.23 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 175 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patients As expected10.1
- State average 11.75 (computed here)
- National average 11.1
- No different than the national rate
- 315 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected14.8
- State average 15.92 (computed here)
- National average 15.2
- No different than the national rate
- 442 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for stroke patients As expected11.6
- State average 13.32 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 234 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate As expected4.2
- State average 4.41 (computed here)
- National average 3.9
- No different than the national rate
- 2,458 patients
- Period from 07/01/2024
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.3
- State average 0.22 (computed here)
- National average 0.21
- No different than the national rate
- 6,381 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.25
- State average 0.27 (computed here)
- National average 0.27
- No different than the national rate
- 6,503 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected3.1
- State average 3.49 (computed here)
- National average 3.52
- No different than the national rate
- 1,449 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate As expected1.51
- State average 1.66 (computed here)
- National average 1.67
- No different than the national rate
- 384 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected2.17
- State average 2.44 (computed here)
- National average 2.34
- No different than the national rate
- 1,472 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative respiratory failure rate As expected12.53
- State average 9.86 (computed here)
- National average 9.42
- No different than the national rate
- 422 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative sepsis rate As expected8.71
- State average 5.32 (computed here)
- National average 5.27
- No different than the national rate
- 406 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate As expected1.53
- State average 1.79 (computed here)
- National average 1.77
- No different than the national rate
- 350 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.28
- State average 0.63 (computed here)
- National average 0.63
- No different than the national rate
- 5,461 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (1)

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients — 1

Infections 6

Medicare Care Compare

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) As expected0.66
- State average 0.5
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) As expected1.37
- State average 0.63
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) Better0.2
- State average 0.28
- National average 1
- Better than the national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
MRSA Bacteremia As expected0.66
- State average 0.99
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy Worse4.36
- State average 1.68
- National average 1
- Worse than the national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
SSI - Colon Surgery As expected0.76
- State average 0.83
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024

Outpatient imaging 2

Medicare Care Compare

Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 7.1
- State average 10.74 (computed here)
- National average 5.83 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024
Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 6.7
- State average 6.13 (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) 1.07
- State average 1.06
- National average 0.99 (computed here)
- Period from 01/01/2024

Timely and effective care 16

Medicare Care Compare

Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 97
- State average 93.29 (computed here)
- National average 92.79 (computed here)
- 243 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 64
- State average 69
- National average 65
- 151 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 139
- State average 136
- National average 168
- 429 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 137
- State average 129
- National average 162
- 407 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 257
- State average 234
- National average 257
- 19 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 95
- State average 94
- National average 93
- 102 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Head CT results 95
- State average 70
- National average 69
- 20 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 52
- State average 70
- National average 78
- 1,972 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 97
- State average 91.83 (computed here)
- National average 93.49 (computed here)
- 2,067 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Left before being seen 0
- State average 2
- National average 2
- 60,272 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 16
- State average 15
- National average 15
- 4,856 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 47
- State average 78
- National average 73
- 49 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle 84
- State average 89
- National average 87
- 19 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 84
- State average 83
- National average 81
- 151 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 99
- State average 93
- National average 93
- 95 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 75
- State average 71.62 (computed here)
- National average 82.23 (computed here)
- 6,412 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (14)

Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter — 5
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before being transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better — 1
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy — 5
Emergency department volume — very 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
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
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) — 1

Unplanned visits 10

Medicare Care Compare

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected16
- State average 14.58 (computed here)
- National average 14.4
- No different than the national rate
- 241 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected24.5
- State average 21.73 (computed here)
- National average 21.3
- No different than the national rate
- 467 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hospital return days for heart attack patients 38.4
- State average 8.04 (computed here)
- National average 6.71 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 180 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for heart failure patients 37
- State average 8.45 (computed here)
- National average 4.02 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 365 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 47.5
- State average 9.85 (computed here)
- National average 5.65 (computed here)
- More days than average per 100 discharges
- 489 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected19.9
- State average 17.35 (computed here)
- National average 17.3
- No different than the national rate
- 564 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission for CABG As expected12
- State average 11.93 (computed here)
- National average 11
- No different than the national rate
- 100 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected19.1
- State average 19.78 (computed here)
- National average 20
- No different than the national rate
- 109 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected14
- State average 12.9 (computed here)
- National average 13
- No different than the national rate
- 357 patients
- Period from 01/01/2022
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery As expected1
- State average 0.96 (computed here)
- National average 1.01 (computed here)
- No different than expected
- 106 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (4)

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 after hip/knee replacement — 1

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Sources for this page

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