Eastern Maine Medical Center

Doing business as Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center

Hospital in Bangor, ME, Medicare certification number 200033. CMS publishes 64 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 200033The 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: Mar 9, 2018
Beds: 411
Overall star rating: 5 of 5Care Compare
Address: 489 State Street
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 973-7000

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

Eastern Maine Medical Center
- General Acute Care Hospital
- Bangor, ME
- NPI 1790789147
Medicare enrollment

Patient survey (HCAHPS) 9

Medicare Care Compare

Cleanliness - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.84 (computed here)
- National average 3.44 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Communication about medicines - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 3.56 (computed here)
- National average 2.71 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharge information - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.92 (computed here)
- National average 3.31 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Doctor communication - star rating As expected3 of 5
- State average 3.96 (computed here)
- National average 3.12 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Nurse communication - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 4.16 (computed here)
- National average 3.43 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Overall hospital rating - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 3.6 (computed here)
- National average 3.29 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Quietness - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 3.08 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Recommend hospital - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 4.08 (computed here)
- National average 3.64 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Summary star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.92 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024

Affiliated providers 1,088

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

Lisa Dawn Smith, FNP-BC
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Bangor, ME
- NPI 1710354238
Miranda Lauren Smith, FNP-BC
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Hampden, ME
- NPI 1194330407
Zachary E Smith, MD
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Bangor, ME
- NPI 1780944074
Zachary Paige Smith, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Bangor, ME
- NPI 1801633631
Daniel Dalley Snell, M.D, M.P.H.
- Anesthesiology Physician
- Pocatello, ID
- NPI 1073715090
Sherri Snell, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Jupiter, FL
- NPI 1063784999
Eileen Joan Runcy Snowleopard, APRN
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Keene, NH
- NPI 1952430688
Kurt Matthew Snyder, M.D.
- Radiation Oncology Physician
- Brewer, ME
- NPI 1477538304
Rose Snyder, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
- Bangor, ME
- NPI 1316501711
Mihail Ion Soare, M.D.
- Nephrology Physician
- Bangor, ME
- NPI 1194906859
Sarah J Somers, FNP
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Orono, ME
- NPI 1144830126
Susan Lynn Sonson, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Miami, FL
- NPI 1992851547
Amanda Sotirelis
- Nurse Practitioner
- Old Town, ME
- NPI 1760932552
Sierra Elisabeth Soucy, FNP-C
- Nurse Practitioner
- Brewer, ME
- NPI 1619746054
Kristen Lynn Sparks, MD
- Psychiatry Physician
- Bangor, ME
- NPI 1508954827
Shawn Sparrow, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Machias, ME
- NPI 1497170831
Katherine Sproul, PMHNP
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Bangor, ME
- NPI 1770238040
Jocelyn Leonard St. Jean, AGACNP-BC
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Bangor, ME
- NPI 1174403836
Lisa St. Pierre, PMHNP
- Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Bangor, ME
- NPI 1881860500
Daniel E Stanhiser, MD
- Family Medicine Physician
- Lewiston, ME
- NPI 1619940111
Michael Ray Starks, M.D.
- Surgery Physician
- Bangor, ME
- NPI 1801859913
Peter Nathan Starr, M.D.
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Webster, TX
- NPI 1992159347
Rebecca Starr
- Physician Assistant
- Machias, ME
- NPI 1790452563
Eleanor Stedman, MD
- Infectious Disease Physician
- Bangor, ME
- NPI 1093342875
Susan M Steele, FNP
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Brewer, ME
- NPI 1487999504

Complications and deaths 19

Medicare Care Compare

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected1.4
- State average 1.16 (computed here)
- National average 1.06
- No different than the national rate
- 1,247 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected0.8
- State average 0.98 (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 expected179.14
- National average 173.3
- No different than the national rate
- 80 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for CABG surgery patients As expected2.2
- National average 2.4
- No different than the national rate
- 157 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for COPD patients As expected8.5
- State average 9.48 (computed here)
- National average 8.6
- No different than the national rate
- 86 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart attack patients As expected12
- State average 12.55 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 442 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patients As expected11.4
- State average 12.54 (computed here)
- National average 11.1
- No different than the national rate
- 500 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected15.1
- State average 16.27 (computed here)
- National average 15.2
- No different than the national rate
- 311 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for stroke patients As expected13
- State average 13.14 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 274 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate As expected3.8
- State average 4.14 (computed here)
- National average 3.9
- No different than the national rate
- 3,899 patients
- Period from 07/01/2024
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.13
- State average 0.21 (computed here)
- National average 0.21
- No different than the national rate
- 6,592 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.25
- State average 0.29 (computed here)
- National average 0.27
- No different than the national rate
- 6,829 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected2.51
- State average 3.43 (computed here)
- National average 3.52
- No different than the national rate
- 2,084 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate As expected1.16
- State average 1.61 (computed here)
- National average 1.67
- No different than the national rate
- 881 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected2.19
- State average 2.59 (computed here)
- National average 2.34
- No different than the national rate
- 1,919 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative respiratory failure rate As expected6.16
- State average 8.5 (computed here)
- National average 9.42
- No different than the national rate
- 855 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative sepsis rate As expected4.04
- State average 5.11 (computed here)
- National average 5.27
- No different than the national rate
- 853 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate As expected1.85
- State average 1.76 (computed here)
- National average 1.77
- No different than the national rate
- 295 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.64
- State average 0.64 (computed here)
- National average 0.63
- No different than the national rate
- 5,789 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 5

Medicare Care Compare

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) As expected0.98
- State average 0.99
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) Better0.5
- State average 0.64
- National average 1
- Better than the national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) Better0.36
- State average 0.31
- National average 1
- Better than the national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
MRSA Bacteremia As expected0.61
- State average 0.48
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
SSI - Colon Surgery Better0.19
- State average 0.75
- 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 4.2
- State average 4.32 (computed here)
- National average 5.83 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024
Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 6.2
- State average 5.92 (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) 0.99
- State average 0.95
- National average 0.99 (computed here)
- Period from 01/01/2024

Timely and effective care 16

Medicare Care Compare

Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 62
- State average 62
- National average 65
- 369 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 217
- State average 167
- National average 168
- 459 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 477
- State average 473
- National average 287
- 14 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 219
- State average 160
- National average 162
- 396 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 115
- State average 279
- National average 257
- 50 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy 99
- State average 94.09 (computed here)
- National average 96.1 (computed here)
- 211 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 98
- State average 95
- National average 93
- 86 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 99
- State average 96
- National average 78
- 4,326 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 90
- State average 94.2 (computed here)
- National average 93.49 (computed here)
- 1,994 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Left before being seen 1
- State average 3
- National average 2
- 36,014 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 13
- State average 15
- National average 15
- 3,047 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 77
- State average 78
- National average 73
- 131 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle 77
- State average 84
- National average 87
- 56 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 75
- State average 76
- National average 81
- 369 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 97
- State average 95
- National average 93
- 188 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 89
- State average 85 (computed here)
- National average 82.23 (computed here)
- 9,604 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (14)

Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter — 5
Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 — 5
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
Head CT results — 1
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 12

Medicare Care Compare

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected11.8
- State average 13.79 (computed here)
- National average 14.4
- No different than the national rate
- 904 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected20.4
- State average 21.18 (computed here)
- National average 21.3
- No different than the national rate
- 955 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hospital return days for heart attack patients -23.8
- National average 6.71 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 536 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for heart failure patients 6.7
- State average 0.98 (computed here)
- National average 4.02 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 607 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 30.1
- State average 0.77 (computed here)
- National average 5.65 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 318 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected17.7
- State average 17.19 (computed here)
- National average 17.3
- No different than the national rate
- 498 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected5
- State average 5.72 (computed here)
- National average 5.4
- No different than the national rate
- 407 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected10.7
- State average 10.13 (computed here)
- National average 10.7
- No different than the national rate
- 407 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Rate of readmission for CABG As expected9.3
- National average 11
- No different than the national rate
- 236 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected20.3
- State average 19.76 (computed here)
- National average 20
- No different than the national rate
- 175 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected11.3
- State average 12.97 (computed here)
- National average 13
- No different than the national rate
- 1,162 patients
- Period from 01/01/2022
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery As expected1
- State average 1.01 (computed here)
- National average 1.01 (computed here)
- No different than expected
- 707 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (2)

Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission Measure (HWR) — 4
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement — 1

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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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