ALEGENT HEALTH MERCY HOSPITAL - COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA

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Zip Code is 51503
Phone number is 712 328-5000

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Addresss:
800 MERCY DRIVE
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, 51503
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (712) 328-5000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 10.30
Registered Professional Nurses : 123.40
Other Salaried Personnel : 314.40
Dieticians : 2.20
Occupational Therapists : 2.00
Physical Therapists : 5.50
Registered Pharmacists : 5.30
Respiratory Therapists : 10.80
Physicians : 2.90
Medical Social Workers : 1.10

Number Of Beds
Total: 194
Total Certified: 194
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 40

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Objects Accidentally Left in the Body After Surgery
Here:

0.197%
Iowa:

0.113%
Falls and injuries
Here:

0.592%
State:

0.754%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.197%
Iowa:

0.298%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 35%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
Iowa:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
Iowa:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
Iowa:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
Iowa:

3%
Usually
Here:

17%
Iowa:

13%
Always
Here:

80%
State:

84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

29%
State:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

62%
Iowa:

69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
Iowa:

24%
Always
Here:

69%
State:

71%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

21%
State:

15%
Usually
Here:

18%
Iowa:

21%
Always
Here:

61%
Iowa:

64%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
Iowa:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
State:

16%
Always
Here:

69%
Iowa:

78%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Iowa:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

30%
State:

30%
Always
Here:

63%
State:

63%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes
Here:

87%
Iowa:

85%
No
This Hospital:

13%
Iowa:

15%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower
Here:

5%
Iowa:

6%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

21%
State:

20%
9 or 10
Here:

74%
Iowa:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

3%
Iowa:

3%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

22%
Iowa:

22%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

75%
State:

75%

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,423
State:

$22,575
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,010
State:

$7,029
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.93%
State:

0.64%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$43,582
Iowa:

$30,156
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,932
Iowa:

$10,757
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.05%
State:

1.01%
Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,174
Iowa:

$11,417
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,135
State:

$4,078
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.61%
State:

0.61%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,307
Iowa:

$14,064
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,459
Iowa:

$5,086
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

1.80%
State:

1.40%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,657
State:

$20,085
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,922
State:

$7,436
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.68%
Iowa:

1.06%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,660
Iowa:

$10,063
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,680
Iowa:

$3,469
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.81%
State:

1.74%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,537
Iowa:

$13,154
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,370
Iowa:

$5,126
Number of discharges: 41
Here:

2.54%
Iowa:

1.90%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,349
Iowa:

$11,577
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,781
Iowa:

$3,347
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

2.23%
Iowa:

1.46%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,978
State:

$16,587
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,131
State:

$5,845
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

2.30%
Iowa:

1.73%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,400
State:

$19,159
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,410
Iowa:

$7,031
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

1.74%
State:

1.99%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,827
State:

$12,605
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,743
Iowa:

$4,509
Number of discharges: 46
Here:

2.85%
State:

1.27%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,482
State:

$24,739
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,963
Iowa:

$6,989
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

1.67%
State:

1.97%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,586
Iowa:

$17,371
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,033
Iowa:

$6,085
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.74%
State:

0.27%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,329
Iowa:

$13,724
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,710
Iowa:

$4,958
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.74%
State:

0.44%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,664
State:

$14,219
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,301
State:

$4,496
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

2.48%
Iowa:

3.04%
Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,070
State:

$13,200
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,259
State:

$4,313
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.81%
Iowa:

0.25%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,589
Iowa:

$17,952
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,432
State:

$6,324
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.05%
State:

2.18%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,439
Iowa:

$16,806
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,527
State:

$6,239
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

1.80%
State:

2.83%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,320
Iowa:

$25,059
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,348
State:

$8,916
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

1.74%
Iowa:

2.16%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,952
Iowa:

$11,964
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,389
State:

$4,146
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.61%
State:

1.28%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,298
State:

$35,552
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,941
Iowa:

$11,140
Number of discharges: 53
Here:

3.29%
Iowa:

1.61%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$78,844
State:

$54,187
Average Total Payments
Here:

$23,474
Iowa:

$18,464
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.68%
Iowa:

0.45%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,257
State:

$30,047
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,017
Iowa:

$9,789
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.81%
Iowa:

0.31%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,651
Iowa:

$13,302
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,953
State:

$4,858
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

1.74%
Iowa:

2.36%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$47,851
State:

$37,275
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,975
State:

$10,337
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.81%
Iowa:

0.25%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$71,037
Iowa:

$53,093
Average Total Payments
Here:

$21,327
State:

$18,952
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.24%
State:

0.54%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$52,388
State:

$37,395
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,608
Iowa:

$12,819
Number of discharges: 255
Here:

15.82%
Iowa:

9.59%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$64,784
Iowa:

$45,138
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,439
State:

$15,879
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.30%
Iowa:

0.83%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$91,067
State:

$91,016
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$32,141
State:

$32,145
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.99%
Iowa:

0.57%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,660
Iowa:

$15,255
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,292
State:

$5,177
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.99%
State:

1.02%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,090
State:

$21,581
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,989
Iowa:

$7,193
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.81%
Iowa:

0.66%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,019
Iowa:

$12,163
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,468
Iowa:

$4,344
Number of discharges: 55
Here:

3.41%
Iowa:

2.12%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$71,389
State:

$47,353
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,711
Iowa:

$12,273
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.93%
Iowa:

2.16%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,191
State:

$11,248
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,007
Iowa:

$3,968
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.68%
State:

0.54%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,865
State:

$10,781
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,958
Iowa:

$5,895
Number of discharges: 254
This Hospital:

15.76%
Iowa:

2.40%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,985
Iowa:

$24,601
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,321
State:

$7,871
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.18%
Iowa:

1.86%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,549
Iowa:

$15,354
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,176
Iowa:

$4,947
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.99%
State:

0.86%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,642
State:

$16,911
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,841
Iowa:

$6,278
Number of discharges: 60
This Hospital:

3.72%
Iowa:

2.15%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,574
Iowa:

$30,832
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,230
Iowa:

$10,243
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

2.11%
Iowa:

1.27%
Renal Failure without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,951
State:

$12,090
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,273
Iowa:

$4,140
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.68%
State:

0.31%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$52,051
Iowa:

$47,645
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,273
Iowa:

$14,831
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.87%
Iowa:

0.96%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$57,627
Iowa:

$32,614
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,707
State:

$11,654
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.30%
State:

3.97%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,780
Iowa:

$18,145
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,079
Iowa:

$6,920
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.99%
State:

1.72%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,544
State:

$16,050
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,522
Iowa:

$6,064
Number of discharges: 43
Here:

2.67%
Iowa:

3.31%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,525
Iowa:

$24,809
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,460
Iowa:

$8,640
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.24%
State:

2.33%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,354
Iowa:

$12,176
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,466
State:

$4,314
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.18%
Iowa:

1.47%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$92,271
State:

$66,462
Average Total Payments
Here:

$25,113
Iowa:

$24,175
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.68%
Iowa:

0.93%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,423
Iowa:

$14,006
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,637
Iowa:

$4,339
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.12%
Iowa:

1.21%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,615
State:

$14,840
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,713
Iowa:

$4,557
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.81%
Iowa:

0.65%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
Iowa:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.6%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
Iowa:

97.7%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Iowa:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Iowa:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
Iowa:

93.5%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

98.0%
Iowa:

97.1%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

96.9%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

97.0%
State:

95.7%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

100.0%
State:

90.2%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.0%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
Here:

100.0%
Iowa:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

98.0%
Iowa:

97.7%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Iowa:

93.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Iowa:

91.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

94.3%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

100.0%
Iowa:

97.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

98.0%
Iowa:

96.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

100.0%
Iowa:

98.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

98.0%
State:

96.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

99.0%
Iowa:

94.2%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

96.5%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

95.0%
State:

95.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

96.0%
Iowa:

97.7%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.0%
State:

14.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

12.7%
Iowa:

12.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

12.4%
Iowa:

12.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

19.6%
Iowa:

18.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

23.2%
State:

23.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

18.1%
Iowa:

17.9%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.
This Hospital:

40.200%
State:

34.389%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

7.300%
State:

8.069%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.110%
State:

0.138%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.007%
Iowa:

0.031%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

7.400%
State:

4.961%

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