Kittitas Valley Community Hospital
Hospital in Ellensburg, WA, Medicare certification number 501333. CMS publishes 35 quality measures for it.
Medicare certification
Provider of Services- CCN
- 501333
- Status
- Active
- Provider type
- Hospital – Critical access hospital
- Listed by Care Compare as
- Critical Access Hospitals
- Ownership
- Government - Hospital District or Authority
- Control type
- Hospital district or authority
- Participating since
- Oct 1, 2004
- Last certification
- Jun 27, 2025
- Beds
- 25
- Address
- 603 South Chestnut
Ellensburg, WA 98926
(509) 962-9841
NPI records for this facility 1
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- Critical Access Hospital
- Ellensburg, WA
- NPI 1356375307
Medicare enrollment
Patient survey (HCAHPS) 9
Medicare Care Compare-
Cleanliness - star rating Better5
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Communication about medicines - star rating Better4
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Discharge information - star rating Better4
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Doctor communication - star rating Better4
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Nurse communication - star rating Better5
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Overall hospital rating - star rating Better4
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Quietness - star rating Better4
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Recommend hospital - star rating Better4
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Summary star rating Better4
Complications and deaths 4
Medicare Care Compare-
Death rate for COPD patients As expected9.8
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Death rate for heart failure patients As expected12.8
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Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected20.6
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Death rate for stroke patients As expected16.6
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (16)
Infections 1
Medicare Care Compare-
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) As expected1.77
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (5)
Outpatient imaging 2
Medicare Care Compare-
Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 5.7
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Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 2.9
Spending per patient 0
Medicare Care CompareMeasures CMS does not publish for this facility (1)
Timely and effective care 14
Medicare Care Compare-
Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 86
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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 132
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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 347
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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 122
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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 186
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Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 100
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Head CT results 80
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Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 82
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Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia 1
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Left before being seen 1
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Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 9
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Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 95
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Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 91
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Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 92
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (16)
Unplanned visits 5
Medicare Care Compare-
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected21.3
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Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected17.8
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Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected19.6
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Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected12.1
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Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery As expected1.1
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (9)
Related certifications
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.
- NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification.