Memorial Medical Center Inc
Doing business as Tamarack Health Ashland Medical Center
Hospital in Ashland, WI, Medicare certification number 521359. CMS publishes 38 quality measures for it.
Medicare certification
Provider of Services- CCN
- 521359
- Status
- Active
- Provider type
- Hospital – Critical access hospital
- Listed by Care Compare as
- Critical Access Hospitals
- Ownership
- Voluntary non-profit - Private
- Control type
- Private (not for profit)
- Participating since
- Oct 1, 2007
- Last certification
- Mar 27, 2020
- Beds
- 25
- Overall star rating
- Address
- 1615 Maple Lane
Ashland, WI 54806
(715) 685-5500
NPI records for this facility (CCN to NPI Mapping) 1
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dba Tamarack Health Ashland Medical Center
- Critical Access Hospital
- Ashland, WI
- NPI 1437179231
Medicare enrollment
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.
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 Better5
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Doctor communication - star rating Better5
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Nurse communication - star rating Better5
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Overall hospital rating - star rating Better5
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Quietness - star rating Better4
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Recommend hospital - star rating Better5
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Summary star rating Better5
Affiliated providers 207
Medicare Care CompareClinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.
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Wamunyima Akakulu, MD
- Hospitalist Physician
- Duluth, MN
- NPI 1033795596
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Carrie L Alajoki, DNP, MSN, APNP
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Ashland, WI
- NPI 1215516372
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Keith Richard Anderson, D.P.M.
- Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist
- Hayward, WI
- NPI 1902185051
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Kristina Kay Anderson, M.D.
- Hospitalist Physician
- Duluth, MN
- NPI 1548623085
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Ramin Artang, MD
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician
- Duluth, MN
- NPI 1376617282
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Gregory Gerald Ausmus, MD
- Dermatopathology (Pathology) Physician
- Duluth, MN
- NPI 1437202496
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Michael Jacob Ayers, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Viroqua, WI
- NPI 1386157204
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Vance David Bachelder, MD
- Pulmonary Disease Physician
- Duluth, MN
- NPI 1710936125
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Thomas W Ballard, MD
- Diagnostic Radiology Physician
- Walla Walla, WA
- NPI 1750360012
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Susan Kay Barningham, RN, CNP
- Adult Health Nurse Practitioner
- Ashland, WI
- NPI 1992033773
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Leo E Bay, DO
- Family Medicine Physician
- Ashland, WI
- NPI 1659752285
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Maria Katarzyna Beaver, MD
- Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician
- Duluth, MN
- NPI 1215256409
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Rachel Elizabeth Bebeau, APRN, CNP
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Ashland, WI
- NPI 1992362941
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Robert Peter Bejnarowicz, DO
- Neurological Surgery Physician
- Duluth, MN
- NPI 1508019159
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Joshua James Bensen, MD
- Family Medicine Physician
- La Crosse, WI
- NPI 1679218184
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Catherine P Benziger, M.D.
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Seattle, WA
- NPI 1518266394
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Zach Beresford, M.D.
- Pain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician
- Duluth, MN
- NPI 1922282458
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Amy Marie Berger, PA-C
- Physician Assistant
- Ashland, WI
- NPI 1093991739
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Mark G Berry, D.O.
- Interventional Cardiology Physician
- Duluth, MN
- NPI 1336121938
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Matthew J Bettendorf, M.D.
- Surgery Physician
- Ashland, WI
- NPI 1932254729
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Grant Scott Bludorn, DO
- Family Medicine Physician
- Ashland, WI
- NPI 1265920789
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Kimberly Anne Boddicker, MD
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician
- Duluth, MN
- NPI 1821037946
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Eric David Boehmer, MD
- Family Medicine Physician
- Duluth, MN
- NPI 1023217528
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Jerry L. Browne, M.D.
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Iowa City, IA
- NPI 1538141734
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Anthony Michael Burrows, MD
- Neurological Surgery Physician
- Duluth, MN
- NPI 1932494994
Complications and deaths 4
Medicare Care Compare-
Death rate for COPD patients As expected8.9
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Death rate for heart failure patients As expected13.4
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Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected16.8
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Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate As expected4.1
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (16)
Infections 1
Medicare Care Compare-
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) As expected0.6
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (5)
Outpatient imaging 2
Medicare Care Compare-
Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 3.4
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Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 6.2
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 27
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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 131
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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 391
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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 124
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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 173
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Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 84
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Head CT results 85
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Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 69
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Left before being seen 1
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Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 11
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Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 41
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Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 65
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Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 57
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Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis 64
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (16)
Unplanned visits 8
Medicare Care Compare-
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected20.8
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Hospital return days for heart failure patients 2.2
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Hospital return days for pneumonia patients 17.9
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Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected16.8
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Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy Worse8.5
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Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected9.4
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Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected20
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Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected12.9
Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (6)
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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.