Sycamore Shoals Hospital

Hospital in Elizabethton, TN, Medicare certification number 440018. CMS publishes 50 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 440018The 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 10, 2000
Beds: 121
Overall star rating: 2 of 5Care Compare
Address: 1501 West Elk Avenue
Elizabethton, TN 37643
(423) 542-1300

NPI records for this facility 1

Mountain States Health Alliance
- General Acute Care Hospital
- Elizabethton, TN
- NPI 1891801734
Medicare enrollment

Patient survey (HCAHPS) 9

Medicare Care Compare

Cleanliness - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.21 (computed here)
- National average 3.44 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Communication about medicines - star rating Better3 of 5
- State average 2.65 (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 Better4 of 5
- State average 3.27 (computed here)
- National average 3.12 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Nurse communication - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.47 (computed here)
- National average 3.43 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Overall hospital rating - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.17 (computed here)
- National average 3.29 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Quietness - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.7 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Recommend hospital - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.52 (computed here)
- National average 3.64 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Summary star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.25 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024

Complications and deaths 16

Medicare Care Compare

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected1.05
- State average 1 (computed here)
- National average 1.06
- No different than the national rate
- 83 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected0.92
- State average 0.99 (computed here)
- National average 1
- No different than the national value
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patients As expected13.5
- State average 11.61 (computed here)
- National average 11.1
- No different than the national rate
- 66 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected18.1
- State average 16.17 (computed here)
- National average 15.2
- No different than the national rate
- 150 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for stroke patients As expected12.8
- State average 12.98 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 43 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate As expected3.9
- State average 4.36 (computed here)
- National average 3.9
- No different than the national rate
- 963 patients
- Period from 07/01/2024
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.2
- State average 0.21 (computed here)
- National average 0.21
- No different than the national rate
- 1,176 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.26
- State average 0.28 (computed here)
- National average 0.27
- No different than the national rate
- 1,173 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected3.3
- State average 3.4 (computed here)
- National average 3.52
- No different than the national rate
- 172 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate As expected1.66
- State average 1.62 (computed here)
- National average 1.67
- No different than the national rate
- 84 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected2.29
- State average 2.29 (computed here)
- National average 2.34
- No different than the national rate
- 157 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative respiratory failure rate As expected8.79
- State average 9.55 (computed here)
- National average 9.42
- No different than the national rate
- 86 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative sepsis rate As expected5.12
- State average 5.25 (computed here)
- National average 5.27
- No different than the national rate
- 77 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate As expected1.75
- State average 1.73 (computed here)
- National average 1.77
- No different than the national rate
- 26 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.47
- State average 0.61 (computed here)
- National average 0.63
- No different than the national rate
- 892 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients As expected4.1
- State average 4.37 (computed here)
- National average 4.1
- No different than the national rate
- 105 patients
- Period from 04/01/2023

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (4)

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

Infections 1

Medicare Care Compare

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) As expected0.36
- State average 0.25
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (5)

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) — 13
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) — 13
MRSA Bacteremia — 13
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy — 13
SSI - Colon Surgery — 13

Outpatient imaging 2

Medicare Care Compare

Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 8.4
- State average 5.37 (computed here)
- National average 5.83 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024
Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 6.8
- State average 6.1 (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) 1.1
- State average 1.02
- National average 0.99 (computed here)
- Period from 01/01/2024

Timely and effective care 13

Medicare Care Compare

Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 67
- State average 59
- National average 65
- 48 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 148
- State average 170
- National average 168
- 373 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 314
- State average 305
- National average 287
- 18 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 142
- State average 162
- National average 162
- 346 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 100
- State average 95
- National average 93
- 62 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 96
- State average 75
- National average 78
- 877 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Hospital Harm - Opioid Related Adverse Events 0
- State average 0 (computed here)
- National average 0.18 (computed here)
- 1,721 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia 16
- State average 10.17 (computed here)
- National average 8.08 (computed here)
- 3,954 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia 1
- State average 1.54 (computed here)
- National average 1.09 (computed here)
- 940 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Left before being seen 1
- State average 3
- National average 2
- 17,225 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 21
- State average 14
- National average 15
- 836 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 77
- State average 77
- National average 81
- 48 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 100
- State average 92
- National average 93
- 28 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (17)

Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter — 5
Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 — 5
Average (median) time psychiatric/mental health patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit. A lower number of minutes is better — 1
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy — 5
Emergency department volume — low
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, 3
Improvement in Patient's Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery — 5
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis — 5
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle — 1, 2
Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle — 1, 2, 3
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) — 1
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis — 5

Unplanned visits 8

Medicare Care Compare

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected20.7
- State average 21.35 (computed here)
- National average 21.3
- No different than the national rate
- 121 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hospital return days for heart failure patients -23.2
- State average 5.29 (computed here)
- National average 4.02 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 58 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 65.6
- State average 5.61 (computed here)
- National average 5.65 (computed here)
- More days than average per 100 discharges
- 138 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected17.9
- State average 17.45 (computed here)
- National average 17.3
- No different than the national rate
- 333 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement As expected6.6
- State average 5.92 (computed here)
- National average 5.8
- No different than the national rate
- 120 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected20.2
- State average 19.86 (computed here)
- National average 20
- No different than the national rate
- 93 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected13.6
- State average 12.75 (computed here)
- National average 13
- No different than the national rate
- 119 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
- 82 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (6)

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate — 1
Hospital return days for heart attack patients — 1
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 for CABG — 5

Sources for this page

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NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification.

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