Union Hospital of Cecil County

Hospital in Elkton, MD, Medicare certification number 210032. CMS publishes 60 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 210032The 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: Oct 24, 1988
Beds: 166
Overall star rating: 4 of 5Care Compare
Address: 106 Bow Street
Elkton, MD 21921
(410) 392-7009

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

Union Hospital of Cecil County
- General Acute Care Hospital
- Elkton, MD
- NPI 1376523357
Medicare enrollment

Patient survey (HCAHPS) 9

Medicare Care Compare

Cleanliness - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.14 (computed here)
- National average 3.44 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Communication about medicines - star rating Better3 of 5
- State average 2.24 (computed here)
- National average 2.71 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharge information - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.17 (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 Worse3 of 5
- State average 2.74 (computed here)
- National average 3.43 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Overall hospital rating - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 2.81 (computed here)
- National average 3.29 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Quietness - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 2.95 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Recommend hospital - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.19 (computed here)
- National average 3.64 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Summary star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 2.81 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024

Affiliated providers 680

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

Hina Aamir, M.D.
- Psychiatry Physician
- Aberdeen, MD
- NPI 1376777979
Joshua N Aaron, MD
- Pulmonary Disease Physician
- Elkton, MD
- NPI 1396703351
Madeeha Abdul Ghaffar
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Elkton, MD
- NPI 1194276063
Heran Abiye, MD
- Family Medicine Physician
- Newark, DE
- NPI 1922621846
Anas Nabil Abu-Khader, MD
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Whittier, CA
- NPI 1881180784
Feroz Abubacker Kaniyamparambil, M.D
- Nephrology Physician
- Newark, DE
- NPI 1710119045
Khadega Ali Abuelgasim Ahmed, M.D
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Washington, DC
- NPI 1801070297
Sydney Cathleen Achee, DO
- Family Medicine Physician
- Spartanburg, SC
- NPI 1619555760
Faisal Adhami, M.D., PH.D.
- Hematology & Oncology Physician
- Mansfield, OH
- NPI 1649405549
Kristen Elizabeth Adorno, MD
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Camden, NJ
- NPI 1689153678
Mohammad Basit Afzal, M.D.
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Elkton, MD
- NPI 1306890611
Muhammad Khurram Afzal, MD
- Neurology Physician
- Newark, DE
- NPI 1780248112
Reynold S Agard, M.D.
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Newark, DE
- NPI 1902811730
Demetrios J Agriantonis, MD
- Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician
- Newark, DE
- NPI 1063577005
Waseem Hassan Ahangar, M.D
- Pulmonary Disease Physician
- Liverpool, NY
- NPI 1619386695
Shaheen R Alanee, MD
- Urology Physician
- Lafayette, IN
- NPI 1326231390
Jason Albanese, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
- Bel Air, MD
- NPI 1437045622
Glenda Albizu, MD
- Family Medicine Physician
- Newark, DE
- NPI 1306072947
Anthony D Alfieri, D.O.
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician
- Newark, DE
- NPI 1184604274
Mark D Allan, MD
- Diagnostic Radiology Physician
- Philadelphia, PA
- NPI 1477594463
Ashleigh Allen, MD
- Clinical Pathology Physician
- Newark, DE
- NPI 1881838407
Colleen L. Allen, CRNP
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Newark, DE
- NPI 1255738688
Dannielle Lynn Allen, DO
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Newark, DE
- NPI 1356081152
Alyssa Cara Alloy, MD
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Philadelphia, PA
- NPI 1518451517
David L Amato, DO
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Newark, DE
- NPI 1942270707

Complications and deaths 18

Medicare Care Compare

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected0.95
- State average 1.01 (computed here)
- National average 1.06
- No different than the national rate
- 474 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected0.9
- 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 expected9.1
- State average 8.25 (computed here)
- National average 8.6
- No different than the national rate
- 258 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart attack patients As expected13
- State average 11.84 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 84 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patients As expected11.1
- State average 10.89 (computed here)
- National average 11.1
- No different than the national rate
- 317 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected15.5
- State average 14.91 (computed here)
- National average 15.2
- No different than the national rate
- 399 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for stroke patients As expected8.8
- State average 10.86 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 83 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate As expected3.9
- State average 3.34 (computed here)
- National average 3.9
- No different than the national rate
- 1,366 patients
- Period from 07/01/2024
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.18
- State average 0.23 (computed here)
- National average 0.21
- No different than the national rate
- 4,238 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.24
- State average 0.26 (computed here)
- National average 0.27
- No different than the national rate
- 4,351 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected2.99
- State average 3.46 (computed here)
- National average 3.52
- No different than the national rate
- 381 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate As expected1.64
- State average 1.55 (computed here)
- National average 1.67
- No different than the national rate
- 64 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected2.13
- State average 2.24 (computed here)
- National average 2.34
- No different than the national rate
- 353 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative respiratory failure rate As expected8.59
- State average 8.91 (computed here)
- National average 9.42
- No different than the national rate
- 65 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative sepsis rate As expected5.05
- State average 5.09 (computed here)
- National average 5.27
- No different than the national rate
- 62 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate As expected2.01
- State average 1.76 (computed here)
- National average 1.77
- No different than the national rate
- 99 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.53
- State average 0.88 (computed here)
- National average 0.63
- No different than the national rate
- 3,617 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients As expected4.2
- State average 4.2 (computed here)
- National average 4.1
- No different than the national rate
- 35 patients
- Period from 04/01/2023

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (2)

Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications — 1
Death rate for CABG surgery patients — 5

Infections 4

Medicare Care Compare

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) As expected0
- State average 0.63
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) As expected0.53
- State average 0.67
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) Better0.34
- State average 0.35
- National average 1
- Better than the national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
MRSA Bacteremia As expected0
- State average 0.54
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (2)

SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy — 13
SSI - Colon Surgery — 13

Outpatient imaging 2

Medicare Care Compare

Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 1.6
- State average 1.59 (computed here)
- National average 5.83 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024
Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 5.3
- State average 8.45 (computed here)
- National average 8.08 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024

Spending per patient 0

Medicare Care Compare

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (1)

Medicare hospital spending per patient (Medicare Spending per Beneficiary) — 5

Timely and effective care 16

Medicare Care Compare

Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 97
- State average 93.36 (computed here)
- National average 92.79 (computed here)
- 67 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 55
- State average 65
- National average 65
- 103 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 233
- State average 251
- National average 168
- 392 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 323
- State average 501
- National average 287
- 12 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 228
- State average 246
- National average 162
- 360 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 426
- State average 415
- National average 257
- 20 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy 98
- State average 97.28 (computed here)
- National average 96.1 (computed here)
- 59 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 97
- State average 94
- National average 93
- 196 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 79
- State average 93
- National average 78
- 1,721 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia 0
- State average 1.2 (computed here)
- National average 1.09 (computed here)
- 1,468 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Left before being seen 6
- State average 3
- National average 2
- 35,975 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 16
- State average 15
- National average 15
- 1,197 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 72
- State average 78
- National average 73
- 39 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle 70
- State average 86
- National average 87
- 23 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 84
- State average 82
- National average 81
- 105 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 83
- State average 91
- National average 93
- 63 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (14)

Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter — 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
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 11

Medicare Care Compare

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected14.4
- State average 14.38 (computed here)
- National average 14.4
- No different than the national rate
- 48 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected21.7
- State average 20.45 (computed here)
- National average 21.3
- No different than the national rate
- 307 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hospital return days for heart failure patients -14.4
- State average 5.39 (computed here)
- National average 4.02 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 333 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 11.2
- State average 10.45 (computed here)
- National average 5.65 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 410 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected19.8
- State average 16.9 (computed here)
- National average 17.3
- No different than the national rate
- 428 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected5.6
- State average 5.41 (computed here)
- National average 5.4
- No different than the national rate
- 53 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected11.3
- State average 11.22 (computed here)
- National average 10.7
- No different than the national rate
- 53 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement As expected5.9
- State average 5.81 (computed here)
- National average 5.8
- No different than the national rate
- 29 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected20.3
- State average 19.49 (computed here)
- National average 20
- No different than the national rate
- 305 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected11.8
- State average 12.94 (computed here)
- National average 13
- No different than the national rate
- 715 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
- 168 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

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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