Allentown Specialty Hospital

CCN

392033The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospital – Long-term

Ownership

Non-profit

Control type

Private (not for profit)

Participating since

Jul 1, 2000

Last certification

Dec 14, 2023

Beds

18

Address

2545 Schoenersville Road
Bethlehem, PA 18017
(484) 884-5051

• Allentown Specialty Hospital

  dba Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1952349870
  Medicare enrollment

• Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) 0.39
  • State average 0.91 (computed here)
  • National average 0.73
  • Period from 07/01/2024
• Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) 1.44
  • State average 0.63 (computed here)
  • National average 0.7
  • Period from 07/01/2024
• Change in ability to move around for patients admitted on a ventilator (adjusted) 5.92
  • State average 6.24 (computed here)
  • National average 6.94 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2023
• Change in ability to move around for patients admitted on a ventilator (observed) 6.55
  • State average 7 (computed here)
  • National average 7.26 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2023
• Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) 0.68
  • State average 0.53 (computed here)
  • National average 0.25
  • Period from 07/01/2024
• Health care personnel up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines (observed) 0
  • State average 0.62 (computed here)
  • National average 5.2
  • Period from 07/01/2025
• Health care personnel who got a flu shot for the current season (observed) 93.77
  • State average 73.12 (computed here)
  • National average 69.4
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Medicare spending per beneficiary 0.99
  • State average 1 (computed here)
  • National average 1
  • Period from 10/01/2022
• Patients at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge (observed) 53.54
  • State average 49.99 (computed here)
  • National average 49.05
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Patients on ventilators assessed for readiness to breathe without one (component 1) 100
  • State average 89.88 (computed here)
  • National average 95.77
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Patients on ventilators assessed for readiness to breathe without one (component 2) 100
  • State average 99.48 (computed here)
  • National average 97.49
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Patients successfully weaned from the ventilator during their stay (adjusted) 68.94
  • State average 64.71 (computed here)
  • National average 60.04 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Patients successfully weaned from the ventilator during their stay (observed) 65.17
  • State average 58.12 (computed here)
  • National average 54.66
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Patients up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines (observed) 1.67
  • State average 8.48 (computed here)
  • National average 12.29
  • Period from 07/01/2025
• Patients who experience one or more falls with major injury during their stay (observed) 0.56
  • State average 0.12 (computed here)
  • National average 0.1
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Patients whose current medication list was passed to the next health care setting (observed) 100
  • State average 81.57 (computed here)
  • National average 83.85
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Patients whose medications were reviewed, with follow-up when issues were identified (observed) 98.89
  • State average 97.8 (computed here)
  • National average 95.55
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Patients with pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened (adjusted) 0.5
  • State average 1.44 (computed here)
  • National average 2.59 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Patients with pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened (observed) 0.59
  • State average 1.54 (computed here)
  • National average 2.38
  • Period from 10/01/2024
• Potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge (observed) 18.75
  • State average 22.41 (computed here)
  • National average 21.26
  • Period from 10/01/2022
• Potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge (risk-standardized) 20.15
  • State average 21.65 (computed here)
  • National average 21.33 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2022
• Successful return to home or community (observed) 9.22
  • State average 15.31 (computed here)
  • National average 17.01
  • Period from 10/01/2022
• Successful return to home or community (risk-standardized) 13.99
  • State average 16.21 (computed here)
  • National average 17.49 (computed here)
  • Period from 10/01/2022

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

• Brian Prentice Burlew, MD

  • Pulmonary Disease Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1598712119
• Mahesh Krishnamurthy, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Easton, PA
  • NPI 1134180466
• Vikin Mulkant Lalan, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Easton, PA
  • NPI 1750693834
• Marycris T Lampon

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1205594272
• Tribhuvan Kumar Pendurthi, M.D.

  • Surgical Oncology Physician
  • Bethlehem, PA
  • NPI 1235112293
• Rupashree Vinay, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Easton, PA
  • NPI 1255392585
• Delaney Jenefer Wickramage, DPM

  • Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist
  • Cherry Hill, NJ
  • NPI 1326656208

• Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital CCN 390294, Allentown, PA

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