FAIRMONT GENERAL HOSPITAL - FAIRMONT, WV

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Addresss:
1325 LOCUST AVENUE
FAIRMONT, WV, 26554
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (304) 367-7100

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 : 32.30
Registered Professional Nurses : 125.30
Other Salaried Personnel : 361.70
Dieticians : 2.00
Respiratory Therapists : 10.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.90
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 14.50
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 2.90
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 17.90

Number Of Beds
Total: 252
Total Certified: 252
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 33

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Burn Care Unit Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Outppatient Psychiatric Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Urgent Care Center Services

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

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

$13,904
State:

$17,489
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,251
West Virginia:

$7,136
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.98%
West Virginia:

0.80%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,394
State:

$27,957
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,819
State:

$10,950
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

2.53%
State:

1.04%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,276
State:

$13,287
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,080
State:

$4,689
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.77%
West Virginia:

0.43%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,391
State:

$12,376
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,660
West Virginia:

$5,076
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.27%
State:

0.36%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,361
State:

$12,030
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,413
State:

$5,051
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.27%
State:

1.55%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,380
State:

$8,528
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,152
State:

$3,482
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.69%
West Virginia:

1.87%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,881
State:

$9,955
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,544
State:

$4,934
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

2.53%
State:

2.14%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,266
State:

$12,902
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,198
State:

$5,791
Number of discharges: 75
This Hospital:

5.27%
State:

3.65%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,618
State:

$16,204
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,385
West Virginia:

$7,123
Number of discharges: 100
This Hospital:

7.03%
State:

3.14%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,818
West Virginia:

$9,702
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,944
State:

$4,286
Number of discharges: 56
This Hospital:

3.94%
West Virginia:

3.30%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,992
West Virginia:

$18,767
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,679
State:

$6,630
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.48%
State:

1.98%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,443
West Virginia:

$12,547
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,437
State:

$5,103
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.05%
West Virginia:

0.69%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,152
West Virginia:

$11,121
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,930
West Virginia:

$4,399
Number of discharges: 40
Here:

2.81%
West Virginia:

3.99%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,199
State:

$15,574
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,497
West Virginia:

$6,146
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

2.18%
West Virginia:

1.88%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,729
State:

$29,334
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,234
West Virginia:

$11,046
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.84%
West Virginia:

0.59%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,354
West Virginia:

$13,242
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,857
State:

$5,632
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.91%
State:

0.68%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,833
West Virginia:

$8,886
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,405
State:

$3,800
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.98%
State:

0.33%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,774
West Virginia:

$13,518
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,535
State:

$6,064
Number of discharges: 77
This Hospital:

5.41%
State:

3.11%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,675
West Virginia:

$20,887
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,871
West Virginia:

$8,936
Number of discharges: 101
Here:

7.10%
West Virginia:

2.50%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,873
State:

$9,106
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,655
West Virginia:

$4,047
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

2.25%
State:

1.40%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,031
State:

$30,759
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,181
State:

$11,523
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.84%
West Virginia:

0.91%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$36,855
West Virginia:

$84,867
Average Total Payments
Here:

$28,155
State:

$36,936
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.98%
West Virginia:

0.40%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,676
West Virginia:

$17,560
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,271
State:

$7,265
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.20%
West Virginia:

1.39%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,013
West Virginia:

$18,419
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,295
State:

$7,511
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.62%
West Virginia:

0.83%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,498
West Virginia:

$10,257
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,149
State:

$4,701
Number of discharges: 57
This Hospital:

4.01%
State:

3.45%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,926
West Virginia:

$33,555
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,814
State:

$12,548
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

2.39%
State:

4.22%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$29,499
West Virginia:

$42,201
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,796
West Virginia:

$16,275
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.77%
West Virginia:

0.53%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,720
West Virginia:

$19,476
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,198
West Virginia:

$7,750
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.77%
State:

0.45%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,656
West Virginia:

$9,782
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,778
State:

$4,200
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

2.81%
West Virginia:

1.96%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,366
State:

$18,551
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,038
State:

$7,863
Number of discharges: 40
Here:

2.81%
State:

1.77%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,054
State:

$16,564
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,723
State:

$6,372
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.91%
State:

0.38%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,832
State:

$11,327
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,381
West Virginia:

$4,774
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

2.04%
State:

1.34%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,664
State:

$13,699
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,434
State:

$6,153
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.62%
West Virginia:

2.20%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,081
State:

$23,118
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,485
West Virginia:

$10,082
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

1.90%
State:

1.22%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,977
State:

$19,617
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,666
West Virginia:

$8,860
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

1.76%
State:

0.85%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,281
State:

$27,963
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,927
West Virginia:

$12,086
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

2.25%
West Virginia:

0.88%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,012
State:

$36,399
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,460
West Virginia:

$14,359
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.90%
State:

1.30%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,053
West Virginia:

$30,150
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,351
State:

$12,053
Number of discharges: 65
This Hospital:

4.57%
State:

3.24%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,239
State:

$15,708
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,080
West Virginia:

$6,916
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

2.18%
West Virginia:

1.35%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,666
State:

$14,392
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,441
West Virginia:

$6,029
Number of discharges: 67
Here:

4.71%
State:

3.71%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,869
West Virginia:

$21,145
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,914
State:

$8,863
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

2.39%
State:

2.15%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,853
State:

$9,911
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,790
State:

$4,263
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.90%
State:

1.55%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,526
State:

$11,188
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,868
State:

$4,415
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.34%
West Virginia:

1.99%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.225%
State:

0.833%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 29%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
West Virginia:

6%
Usually
Here:

17%
West Virginia:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

76%
State:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

12%
West Virginia:

14%
Always
This Hospital:

83%
West Virginia:

82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
West Virginia:

12%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
State:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

66%
State:

65%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
West Virginia:

8%
Usually
Here:

23%
West Virginia:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

70%
State:

69%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

21%
State:

20%
Usually
Here:

14%
West Virginia:

18%
Always
Here:

65%
State:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

11%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

21%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

68%
State:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
State:

13%
Usually
This Hospital:

31%
State:

32%
Always
This Hospital:

58%
West Virginia:

55%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

85%
State:

83%
No
Here:

15%
West Virginia:

17%

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

6 or lower
Here:

16%
West Virginia:

11%
7 or 8
Here:

26%
State:

24%
9 or 10
Here:

58%
State:

65%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

9%
State:

6%
Yes, probably
Here:

33%
State:

29%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

58%
West Virginia:

65%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

40.900%
State:

42.623%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

4.200%
State:

8.958%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.579%
West Virginia:

0.275%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.105%
West Virginia:

0.071%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

5.600%
State:

5.768%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

4.200%
State:

3.183%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
West Virginia:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
West Virginia:

97.7%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

7
West Virginia:

11
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

98.0%
West Virginia:

96.9%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
West Virginia:

96.3%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
West Virginia:

98.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
West Virginia:

95.0%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

88.0%
West Virginia:

91.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
West Virginia:

99.4%

Pneumonia

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

94.0%
State:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

100.0%
West Virginia:

96.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
West Virginia:

98.3%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

93.3%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

98.0%
State:

93.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

99.0%
West Virginia:

95.7%

Surgery

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

100.0%
West Virginia:

98.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

100.0%
West Virginia:

96.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

99.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

99.0%
State:

95.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

99.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

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

100.0%
West Virginia:

94.5%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
State:

95.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

96.0%
West Virginia:

94.8%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

93.8%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

99.0%
West Virginia:

98.9%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

15.2%
West Virginia:

15.5%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

9.5%
State:

11.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

11.7%
West Virginia:

12.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

18.4%
State:

20.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

23.6%
West Virginia:

25.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.3%
West Virginia:

19.6%

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