Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority

Doing business as Medical College of Virginia Hospitals

Hospital in Richmond, VA, Medicare certification number 490032. CMS publishes 66 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 490032The 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 - Hospital District or Authority
Control type: Hospital district or authority
Participating since: Jul 1, 1966
Last certification: Sep 14, 2012
Beds: 779
Overall star rating: 4 of 5Care Compare
Address: 1250 East Marshall Street
Richmond, VA 23298
(804) 828-9000

NPI records for this facility (CCN to NPI Mapping) 2

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority

dba Medical College of Virginia Hospitals
- General Acute Care Hospital
- Richmond, VA
- NPI 1013091727
Medicare enrollment
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority

dba VCU Medical Center
- General Acute Care Hospital
- Richmond, VA
- NPI 1437175734
Medicare enrollment

Units certified under this facility 2

Provider of Services

Parts of this facility that Medicare certifies under a number of their own, such as a psychiatric or rehabilitation unit.

Vcuhs Inpatient rehabilitation facility, CCN 49T032
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority Hospital, CCN 49S032

Patient survey (HCAHPS) 9

Medicare Care Compare

Cleanliness - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.72 (computed here)
- National average 3.44 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Communication about medicines - star rating Better3 of 5
- State average 2.85 (computed here)
- National average 2.71 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharge information - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.37 (computed here)
- National average 3.31 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Doctor communication - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.52 (computed here)
- National average 3.12 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Nurse communication - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.82 (computed here)
- National average 3.43 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Overall hospital rating - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.54 (computed here)
- National average 3.29 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Quietness - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 3.41 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Recommend hospital - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.8 (computed here)
- National average 3.64 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Summary star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.48 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024

Affiliated providers 1,849

Page 1 of 74Medicare Care Compare

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

Farrukh Abbas, MD
- Hospitalist Physician
- Rochester, NY
- NPI 1790124675
Naser A Abdelhadi, MD
- Hospitalist Physician
- Glen Allen, VA
- NPI 1326530999
Duaa E Abdelhameid
- Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
- Boston, MA
- NPI 1851852867
Mohammed S Abdulghani, MD
- Hospitalist Physician
- Tappahannock, VA
- NPI 1760864003
Lindley Walker Abernathy, NP-C
- Nurse Practitioner
- Richmond, VA
- NPI 1588285662
Brian M Aboff, MD
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Richmond, VA
- NPI 1225013543
Maen Abou Ziki, MD
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician
- Newport News, VA
- NPI 1720499833
Michel Badih Aboutanos, M.D.
- Surgery Physician
- Richmond, VA
- NPI 1518040682
Randa Zaid Abouzaki, FNP
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Glen Allen, VA
- NPI 1124756838
Anila Abraham, NP
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- North Chesterfield, VA
- NPI 1790237543
Abubaker Omar Abubaker, B.D.S. DMD, PHD
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.)
- Richmond, VA
- NPI 1639132749
Ashu Acharya, MD
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Richmond, VA
- NPI 1356993752
Ty Achtermann
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Richmond, VA
- NPI 1912641382
Courtney Ruth Acker, M.D.
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Langhorne, PA
- NPI 1700450392
Christopher J Ackerman, MD
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Lawrenceville, VA
- NPI 1285626481
Brian James Adams, MD
- Interventional Cardiology Physician
- Williamsburg, VA
- NPI 1811954860
Helen Adams, MD
- Family Medicine Physician
- Glen Allen, VA
- NPI 1982625463
Ruma G Adams, M.D.
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Richmond, VA
- NPI 1023194057
Todd Christopher Adams, M.D.
- Radiation Oncology Physician
- Medford, MA
- NPI 1972751493
Obed Tinkorang Adarkwah, M.D
- Pulmonary Disease Physician
- Brooklyn, NY
- NPI 1063873180
Arpita Aggarwal, MD
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Glen Allen, VA
- NPI 1306939459
Atul Aggarwal, M.D.
- Nuclear Medicine Physician
- North Chesterfield, VA
- NPI 1811964059
Krista D Aghazarian, PA-C
- Surgical Physician Assistant
- Midlothian, VA
- NPI 1598172801
Emmanuel Oladele Akano, MD
- Neurology Physician
- Springfield, IL
- NPI 1760744528
Gulsen Akay, MD
- Clinical Genetics (M.D.) Physician
- Richmond, VA
- NPI 1811579022

Complications and deaths 20

Medicare Care Compare

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected1.42
- State average 1.11 (computed here)
- National average 1.06
- No different than the national rate
- 2,937 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected0.84
- State average 0.97 (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 expected143.67
- State average 167.55 (computed here)
- National average 173.3
- No different than the national rate
- 284 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for CABG surgery patients As expected2.8
- State average 2.24 (computed here)
- National average 2.4
- No different than the national rate
- 129 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for COPD patients As expected9.3
- State average 8.63 (computed here)
- National average 8.6
- No different than the national rate
- 87 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart attack patients As expected13
- State average 11.72 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 168 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patients As expected9.4
- State average 10.98 (computed here)
- National average 11.1
- No different than the national rate
- 521 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected14.8
- State average 15.17 (computed here)
- National average 15.2
- No different than the national rate
- 376 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for stroke patients As expected11.1
- State average 11.65 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 528 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate Better3.2
- State average 3.7 (computed here)
- National average 3.9
- Better than the national rate
- 4,845 patients
- Period from 07/01/2024
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.15
- State average 0.2 (computed here)
- National average 0.21
- No different than the national rate
- 11,903 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.23
- State average 0.26 (computed here)
- National average 0.27
- No different than the national rate
- 12,998 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected2.65
- State average 3.36 (computed here)
- National average 3.52
- No different than the national rate
- 4,226 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate As expected1.74
- State average 1.78 (computed here)
- National average 1.67
- No different than the national rate
- 2,255 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected2.07
- State average 2.34 (computed here)
- National average 2.34
- No different than the national rate
- 3,797 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative respiratory failure rate As expected6.07
- State average 9.5 (computed here)
- National average 9.42
- No different than the national rate
- 2,127 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative sepsis rate As expected4.35
- State average 5.55 (computed here)
- National average 5.27
- No different than the national rate
- 2,279 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate As expected1.69
- State average 1.77 (computed here)
- National average 1.77
- No different than the national rate
- 1,142 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.66
- State average 0.51 (computed here)
- National average 0.63
- No different than the national rate
- 10,908 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients As expected4.8
- State average 4.22 (computed here)
- National average 4.1
- No different than the national rate
- 139 patients
- Period from 04/01/2023

Infections 6

Medicare Care Compare

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) Better0.21
- State average 0.37
- National average 1
- Better than the national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) As expected0.86
- State average 0.5
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) Better0.56
- State average 0.27
- National average 1
- Better than the national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
MRSA Bacteremia Better0.34
- State average 0.58
- National average 1
- Better than the national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy Worse3.52
- State average 1.06
- National average 1
- Worse than the national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
SSI - Colon Surgery As expected0.93
- State average 0.75
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024

Outpatient imaging 2

Medicare Care Compare

Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 7.9
- State average 4.51 (computed here)
- National average 5.83 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024
Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 9.5
- State average 6.41 (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) 1.02
- State average 0.97
- National average 0.99 (computed here)
- Period from 01/01/2024

Timely and effective care 15

Medicare Care Compare

Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 35
- State average 67
- National average 65
- 104 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 234
- State average 166
- National average 168
- 385 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 234
- State average 161
- National average 162
- 370 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 233
- State average 242
- National average 257
- 15 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy 98
- State average 98.2 (computed here)
- National average 96.1 (computed here)
- 504 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 95
- State average 91
- National average 93
- 82 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 85
- State average 87
- National average 78
- 17,331 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia 11
- State average 13 (computed here)
- National average 8.08 (computed here)
- 62,827 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 94
- State average 92.69 (computed here)
- National average 93.49 (computed here)
- 5,706 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Left before being seen 1
- State average 2
- National average 2
- 114,377 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 13
- State average 13
- National average 15
- 9,274 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 31
- State average 73
- National average 73
- 45 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle 82
- State average 87
- National average 87
- 11 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 73
- State average 83
- National average 81
- 105 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 87
- State average 93
- National average 93
- 53 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (15)

Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter — 5
Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 — 5
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before being transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better — 7
Emergency department volume — very high
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 Hypoglycemia — 5
Improvement in Patient's Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery — 5
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) — 1
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis — 5

Unplanned visits 13

Medicare Care Compare

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected14.5
- State average 14.25 (computed here)
- National average 14.4
- No different than the national rate
- 232 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected20.8
- State average 21.23 (computed here)
- National average 21.3
- No different than the national rate
- 977 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hospital return days for heart attack patients 36.3
- State average 0.82 (computed here)
- National average 6.71 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 173 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for heart failure patients 12.3
- State average -3.12 (computed here)
- National average 4.02 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 644 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 46.1
- State average 4.9 (computed here)
- National average 5.65 (computed here)
- More days than average per 100 discharges
- 394 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected17.2
- State average 17.36 (computed here)
- National average 17.3
- No different than the national rate
- 584 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy Better3.9
- State average 5.31 (computed here)
- National average 5.4
- Better than the national rate
- 702 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected9.6
- State average 10.87 (computed here)
- National average 10.7
- No different than the national rate
- 702 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement As expected6
- State average 5.92 (computed here)
- National average 5.8
- No different than the national rate
- 156 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission for CABG As expected10.7
- State average 11.07 (computed here)
- National average 11
- No different than the national rate
- 114 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected20.6
- State average 19.7 (computed here)
- National average 20
- No different than the national rate
- 223 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected14
- State average 12.88 (computed here)
- National average 13
- No different than the national rate
- 750 patients
- Period from 01/01/2022
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery As expected1.2
- State average 1.02 (computed here)
- National average 1.01 (computed here)
- No different than expected
- 1,104 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (1)

Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission Measure (HWR) — 4

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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.

Better and worse are CMS's own comparison with the national rate, not ours: for most measures a low score is the good one (deaths, infections) and for others a high one is, so measures where CMS states no comparison are left uncoloured. The exception is star ratings, which are read against the national average here. Quality measures are published by CMS and are not adjusted or re-scored here. Averages marked “computed here” are the mean of every facility reporting that measure, worked out by NPIMap because CMS publishes no comparison for it. Confirm anything you rely on at Medicare Care Compare.