Watauga Medical Center Inc

CCN

340051The 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

Aug 12, 1994

Beds

117

Overall star rating

3 of 5Care Compare

Address

336 Deerfield Road
Boone, NC 28607
(828) 263-1211

• Watauga Medical Center Inc

  dba Watauga Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Boone, NC
  • NPI 1205859766
  Medicare enrollment

• Cleanliness - star rating Worse3 of 5
  • State average 3.27 (computed here)
  • National average 3.44 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Communication about medicines - star rating Better4 of 5
  • State average 2.84 (computed here)
  • National average 2.71 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Discharge information - star rating Better4 of 5
  • State average 3.44 (computed here)
  • National average 3.31 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Doctor communication - star rating Better4 of 5
  • State average 3.45 (computed here)
  • National average 3.12 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Nurse communication - star rating Better4 of 5
  • State average 3.59 (computed here)
  • National average 3.43 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Overall hospital rating - star rating Better4 of 5
  • State average 3.32 (computed here)
  • National average 3.29 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Quietness - star rating Better4 of 5
  • State average 3.42 (computed here)
  • National average 3.27 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Recommend hospital - star rating Better5 of 5
  • State average 3.66 (computed here)
  • National average 3.64 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Summary star rating Better4 of 5
  • State average 3.39 (computed here)
  • National average 3.27 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2024

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

• Marcel Ikwuoma Akuneme, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Shelby, NC
  • NPI 1336398387
• Brandee K Albert, D.O.

  • Gastroenterology Physician
  • Dalton, GA
  • NPI 1538402086
• Robert Joseph Albrecht Jr., M.D.

  • Surgery Physician
  • Fayetteville, NC
  • NPI 1215950035
• Ghassan Soultan Alkoutami, MD

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1508867516
• Richard Brian Ambler, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Sparta, NC
  • NPI 1477758142
• Steven R. Anderson, MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • North Wilkesboro, NC
  • NPI 1295853018
• Lorraine Angel, CRNA

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Statesville, NC
  • NPI 1194748665
• Mohamed-Omar Arafeh, MD

  • Surgery Physician
  • High Point, NC
  • NPI 1265810808
• Keith V Atkinson, D.O.

  • Cardiovascular Disease Physician
  • Waterford, MI
  • NPI 1164415659
• Charles Edwin Baker Jr., MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Linville, NC
  • NPI 1356308134
• William David Baker

  • Gynecologic Oncology Physician
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1831331495
• Angela Lunsford Baldwin, CRNA

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Statesville, NC
  • NPI 1306860614
• Cynthia Ann Ballenger, MD

  • Radiation Oncology Physician
  • Smithfield, NC
  • NPI 1811095771
• Marianne Mullin Ballisty, MD

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1184801441
• Floyd James Barker II, D.O

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Mountain City, TN
  • NPI 1417932914
• Joseph David Barker, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Linville, NC
  • NPI 1194704817
• Daniel Craig Barnette II, D.O

  • Anesthesiology Physician
  • Boone, NC
  • NPI 1326466731
• Punit Baveja, MD

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1548468754
• Darryl Glenn Beauchamp Jr., PA-C

  • Physician Assistant
  • North Wilkesboro, NC
  • NPI 1770850752
• Anne-Corinne Beaver, M.D.

  • Surgery Physician
  • Boone, NC
  • NPI 1356445761
• Melinda Sue Belcher, PA-C

  • Physician Assistant
  • Golden, CO
  • NPI 1881668044
• Molly Anne Benedum, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Greenville, SC
  • NPI 1790076248
• Justin Bennett, M.D.

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1558590042
• Sherry Lynne Bernardo, CRNA

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1124055819
• John Peter Birkedal, MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1720062128

• Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected0.98
  • State average 1.02 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06
  • No different than the national rate
  • 277 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected0.96
  • State average 0.99 (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 expected153.05
  • State average 178.18 (computed here)
  • National average 173.3
  • No different than the national rate
  • 27 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Death rate for COPD patients As expected9.8
  • State average 8.75 (computed here)
  • National average 8.6
  • No different than the national rate
  • 73 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Death rate for heart attack patients As expected11.9
  • State average 11.93 (computed here)
  • National average 11.9
  • No different than the national rate
  • 114 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Death rate for heart failure patients As expected9.3
  • State average 11.28 (computed here)
  • National average 11.1
  • No different than the national rate
  • 151 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected17.8
  • State average 15.37 (computed here)
  • National average 15.2
  • No different than the national rate
  • 211 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Death rate for stroke patients As expected10.6
  • State average 12.32 (computed here)
  • National average 11.9
  • No different than the national rate
  • 119 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2023
• Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate As expected3.5
  • State average 3.99 (computed here)
  • National average 3.9
  • No different than the national rate
  • 1,359 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2024
• Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.18
  • State average 0.2 (computed here)
  • National average 0.21
  • No different than the national rate
  • 2,502 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
  • 2,365 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected4.38
  • State average 3.73 (computed here)
  • National average 3.52
  • No different than the national rate
  • 603 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate As expected1.6
  • State average 1.62 (computed here)
  • National average 1.67
  • No different than the national rate
  • 191 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected2.47
  • State average 2.33 (computed here)
  • National average 2.34
  • No different than the national rate
  • 571 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Postoperative respiratory failure rate As expected9.24
  • State average 9.09 (computed here)
  • National average 9.42
  • No different than the national rate
  • 180 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Postoperative sepsis rate As expected5.76
  • State average 4.93 (computed here)
  • National average 5.27
  • No different than the national rate
  • 166 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Postoperative wound dehiscence rate As expected1.72
  • State average 1.74 (computed here)
  • National average 1.77
  • No different than the national rate
  • 77 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.34
  • State average 0.64 (computed here)
  • National average 0.63
  • No different than the national rate
  • 1,880 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients As expected3.6
  • State average 4.04 (computed here)
  • National average 4.1
  • No different than the national rate
  • 114 patients
  • Period from 04/01/2023

• Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) As expected0
  • State average 0.48
  • National average 1
  • No different than national benchmark
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) As expected0
  • State average 0.66
  • National average 1
  • No different than national benchmark
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) Better0.29
  • State average 0.28
  • National average 1
  • Better than the national benchmark
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• MRSA Bacteremia As expected0
  • State average 0.62
  • National average 1
  • No different than national benchmark
  • Period from 10/01/2024

• Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 1.9
  • State average 4.66 (computed here)
  • National average 5.83 (computed here)
  • Period from 07/01/2024
• Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 5.8
  • State average 6.7 (computed here)
  • National average 8.08 (computed here)
  • Period from 07/01/2024

• Medicare hospital spending per patient (Medicare Spending per Beneficiary) 0.95
  • State average 0.95
  • National average 0.99 (computed here)
  • Period from 01/01/2024

• Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 92
  • State average 93.39 (computed here)
  • National average 92.79 (computed here)
  • 73 patients
  • Period from 01/01/2024
• Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 44
  • State average 64
  • National average 65
  • 210 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 197
  • State average 191
  • National average 168
  • 395 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 453
  • State average 425
  • National average 287
  • 11 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 192
  • State average 187
  • National average 162
  • 371 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 211
  • State average 300
  • National average 257
  • 13 patients
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy 97
  • State average 96.77 (computed here)
  • National average 96.1 (computed here)
  • 75 patients
  • Period from 01/01/2024
• Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 97
  • State average 95
  • National average 93
  • 104 patients
  • Period from 01/01/2024
• Head CT results 60
  • State average 71
  • National average 69
  • 15 patients
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 92
  • State average 90
  • National average 78
  • 1,168 patients
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Hospital Harm - Opioid Related Adverse Events 0
  • State average 0.12 (computed here)
  • National average 0.18 (computed here)
  • 2,199 patients
  • Period from 01/01/2024
• Left before being seen 1
  • State average 2
  • National average 2
  • 23,682 patients
  • Period from 01/01/2024
• Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 15
  • State average 16
  • National average 15
  • 1,249 patients
  • Period from 01/01/2024
• Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 42
  • State average 75
  • National average 73
  • 67 patients
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle 91
  • State average 84
  • National average 87
  • 23 patients
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 71
  • State average 80
  • National average 81
  • 210 patients
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 89
  • State average 95
  • National average 93
  • 100 patients
  • Period from 10/01/2024

• Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected13.4
  • State average 14.22 (computed here)
  • National average 14.4
  • No different than the national rate
  • 110 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2023
• Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected20.9
  • State average 21.37 (computed here)
  • National average 21.3
  • No different than the national rate
  • 242 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2023
• Hospital return days for heart attack patients -33.1
  • State average 2.52 (computed here)
  • National average 6.71 (computed here)
  • Fewer days than average per 100 discharges
  • 98 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Hospital return days for heart failure patients -13.1
  • State average 4.06 (computed here)
  • National average 4.02 (computed here)
  • Average days per 100 discharges
  • 162 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 28.5
  • State average 4.36 (computed here)
  • National average 5.65 (computed here)
  • More days than average per 100 discharges
  • 214 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2022
• Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected18
  • State average 17.06 (computed here)
  • National average 17.3
  • No different than the national rate
  • 322 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2023
• Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected6.8
  • State average 5.41 (computed here)
  • National average 5.4
  • No different than the national rate
  • 105 patients
  • Period from 01/01/2024
• Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected9.1
  • State average 10.53 (computed here)
  • National average 10.7
  • No different than the national rate
  • 105 patients
  • Period from 01/01/2024
• Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement As expected5.1
  • State average 5.7 (computed here)
  • National average 5.8
  • No different than the national rate
  • 115 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2023
• Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected20.6
  • State average 19.82 (computed here)
  • National average 20
  • No different than the national rate
  • 110 patients
  • Period from 07/01/2023
• Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected12.1
  • State average 12.92 (computed here)
  • National average 13
  • No different than the national rate
  • 1,683 patients
  • Period from 01/01/2022
• Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery As expected0.9
  • State average 0.98 (computed here)
  • National average 1.01 (computed here)
  • No different than expected
  • 543 patients
  • Period from 01/01/2024

No other hospitals are listed in Boone, NC; these share its ZIP code area (286xx).

• Frye Regional Medical Center Hickory
• Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Elkin
• Iredell Davis Behavioral Health Hospital Statesville
• Iredell Memorial Hospital Inc Statesville
• Valdese General Hospital Inc Valdese terminated
• Wilkes Regional Medical Center North Wilkesboro

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