Starr Regional Medical Center Athens
Hospital in Athens, TN, Medicare certification number 440068. CMS publishes 56 quality measures for it.
Medicare certification
Provider of Services- CCN
- 440068
- Status
- Active
- Provider type
- Hospital – Short-term
- Listed by Care Compare as
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Ownership
- Proprietary
- Control type
- Private (for profit)
- Participating since
- Oct 11, 1968
- Last certification
- Mar 4, 2015
- Beds
- 190
- Overall star rating
- Address
- 1114 W Madison Ave
Athens, TN 37371
(423) 745-1411
NPI records for this facility 1
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- General Acute Care Hospital
- Athens, TN
- NPI 1669567319
Medicare enrollment
Patient survey (HCAHPS) 9
Medicare Care Compare-
Cleanliness - star rating Worse3
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Communication about medicines - star rating Worse2
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Discharge information - star rating Worse2
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Doctor communication - star rating As expected3
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Nurse communication - star rating Worse3
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Overall hospital rating - star rating Worse2
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Quietness - star rating Better4
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Recommend hospital - star rating Worse2
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Summary star rating Worse3
Affiliated providers 249
Medicare Care CompareClinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.
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Sheharyar Asif Abbasi, DO
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Myrtle Beach, SC
- NPI 1619617222
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Syed A Agha, MD
- Interventional Cardiology Physician
- Cleveland, TN
- NPI 1164420741
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Yasir Naeem Akhtar, M.D.
- Interventional Cardiology Physician
- Powell, TN
- NPI 1013001098
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Charles Joseph Allderdice, M.D.
- Interventional Cardiology Physician
- Knoxville, TN
- NPI 1104262096
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Abdelhamid Mohamed Alsharif, MD
- Pulmonary Disease Physician
- Knoxville, TN
- NPI 1689985285
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Maurice Aaron Alston, D.O.
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician
- Athens, TN
- NPI 1184999021
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Waed Alswealmeen, M.D.
- Surgery Physician
- Abington, PA
- NPI 1215310487
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Tyler Russell Archer, MSN, NP-C
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Cleveland, TN
- NPI 1548770944
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John C Asbury, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Athens, TN
- NPI 1275510190
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Nicholas Ballay, MD
- Surgery Physician
- Athens, TN
- NPI 1295093052
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Kellen Thomas Bannon
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Toledo, OH
- NPI 1649535279
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Brent A Barrow, M.D.
- Diagnostic Radiology Physician
- Cleveland, TN
- NPI 1922084748
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Thomas Judson Bates, D.O.
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Secaucus, NJ
- NPI 1447667423
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Norbert E. Baumgartner, MD
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician
- Knoxville, TN
- NPI 1538148630
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Lindsey C Baxter, AGACNP-BC
- Gerontology Nurse Practitioner
- Cleveland, TN
- NPI 1043929425
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Robert Morris Belt, MD
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician
- Sweetwater, TN
- NPI 1114060225
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Tracey D Beverley, MD
- Family Medicine Physician
- Madisonville, TN
- NPI 1083651533
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Aditya Kumar Bhartia, M.D.
- Nephrology Physician
- Cleveland, TN
- NPI 1932337060
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Eteri Bibileishvili, M.D.
- Neurology Physician
- Athens, TN
- NPI 1528181468
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James M Bienvenu, MD
- Urology Physician
- Knoxville, TN
- NPI 1407167018
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Elizabeth Bigger, M.D.
- Hematology & Oncology Physician
- Boston, MA
- NPI 1780731596
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Jateum Mauree Blackburn, FNP-C
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Cleveland, TN
- NPI 1265818983
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Albert Robert Blacky, M.D.
- Interventional Cardiology Physician
- Knoxville, TN
- NPI 1699762252
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Robert E Bledsoe Jr., M.D.
- Specialist
- Athens, TN
- NPI 1245219831
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Dane Bolton, DO
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
- Montgomery, OH
- NPI 1326434317
Complications and deaths 16
Medicare Care Compare-
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected0.99
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CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected0.92
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Death rate for COPD patients As expected9
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Death rate for heart failure patients As expected15.9
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Death rate for pneumonia patients Worse21.5
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Death rate for stroke patients As expected14.6
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Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate As expected4.8
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Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.2
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In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.26
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Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected3.7
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Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate As expected1.65
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Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected2.26
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Postoperative respiratory failure rate As expected8.51
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Postoperative sepsis rate As expected5.07
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Postoperative wound dehiscence rate As expected1.72
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Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.47
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (4)
Infections 2
Medicare Care Compare-
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) As expected0.9
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Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) As expected0.66
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (4)
Outpatient imaging 2
Medicare Care Compare-
Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 5.7
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Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 5.9
Spending per patient 1
Medicare Care Compare-
Medicare hospital spending per patient (Medicare Spending per Beneficiary) 0.94
Timely and effective care 16
Medicare Care Compare-
Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 97
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Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 53
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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 153
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Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before being transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better 384
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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 148
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Average (median) time psychiatric/mental health patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit. A lower number of minutes is better 166
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Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy 88
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Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 76
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Head CT results 56
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Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 55
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Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia 2
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Left before being seen 2
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Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 16
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Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 70
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Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 66
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Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 100
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (14)
Unplanned visits 10
Medicare Care Compare-
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected14.5
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Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected20.3
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Hospital return days for heart failure patients -14.2
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Hospital return days for pneumonia patients -16.6
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Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected15.8
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Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected5.1
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Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected10.2
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Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected19.3
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Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected13.2
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Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery As expected1
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (4)
Units certified under this facility 1
Provider of ServicesParts of this facility that Medicare certifies under a number of their own, such as a psychiatric or rehabilitation unit.
Sources for this page
- Provider of Services: the certification, provider type, beds and status.
- Medicare Care Compare: the star rating and every measure on this page, with the state and national rates CMS publishes beside them, and the clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation.
- NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification and the names of the providers listed above.