NIX HEALTH CARE SYSTEM - SAN ANTONIO, TX

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Addresss:
414 NAVARRO, SUITE 600
SAN ANTONIO, TX, 78205
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (210) 271-2188

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: No
Type: Rehabilitation Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 64.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 110.40
Other Salaried Personnel : 348.65
Dieticians : 0.25
Occupational Therapists : 10.00
Physical Therapists : 5.50
Registered Pharmacists : 5.00
Respiratory Therapists : 10.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 9.75

Number Of Beds
Total: 294
Total Certified: 286
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 15
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 16

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant 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
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 30%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Texas:

5%
Usually
Here:

18%
Texas:

17%
Always
Here:

77%
Texas:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
State:

13%
Always
Here:

81%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

12%
Texas:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
Texas:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
State:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

72%
State:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

21%
State:

19%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
Texas:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

13%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

81%
Texas:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
Texas:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
Texas:

67%

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

Yes
Here:

85%
Texas:

83%
No
This Hospital:

15%
Texas:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

9%
Texas:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

19%
Texas:

21%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

72%
State:

71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

6%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

21%
Texas:

23%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

73%
Texas:

72%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

47.200%
Texas:

37.857%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

7.000%
Texas:

8.275%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.163%
State:

0.250%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.092%
State:

0.110%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

1.700%
State:

5.401%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
Texas:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

97.0%
Texas:

98.9%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

97.4%

Heart Failure

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

99.0%
State:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

94.0%
Texas:

93.1%

Pneumonia

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

93.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

92.0%
Texas:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
Texas:

96.2%

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%
Texas:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

97.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

98.0%
Texas:

98.4%
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%
Texas:

96.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

98.0%
Texas:

97.6%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
Here:

57.0%
State:

94.4%
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:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

97.0%
Texas:

95.1%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

98.0%
State:

96.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

97.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
Texas:

96.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
Texas:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

14.0%
State:

15.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

9.9%
Texas:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

9.9%
Texas:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

19.7%
Texas:

19.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

24.0%
Texas:

24.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

18.1%
State:

18.0%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.219%
Texas:

0.881%

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

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

$55,605
State:

$37,029
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,937
State:

$7,756
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.78%
Texas:

0.50%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,006
Texas:

$22,187
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,191
State:

$5,512
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

1.99%
State:

2.13%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,627
State:

$29,940
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,304
State:

$6,395
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.07%
State:

2.05%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,116
Texas:

$22,469
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,269
Texas:

$4,747
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.93%
Texas:

1.59%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,679
State:

$24,361
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,360
Texas:

$4,830
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.64%
State:

3.07%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,146
Texas:

$30,533
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,708
State:

$6,742
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.93%
Texas:

1.83%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,766
State:

$28,958
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,207
Texas:

$6,052
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.07%
State:

0.64%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,988
State:

$29,852
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,912
State:

$6,718
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

2.28%
Texas:

3.09%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$52,450
Texas:

$46,288
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,527
State:

$9,846
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.93%
State:

2.71%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$72,713
Texas:

$55,186
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,106
Texas:

$11,865
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.93%
State:

1.25%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,543
Texas:

$21,529
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,605
State:

$4,067
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.78%
State:

0.48%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$122,301
Texas:

$151,066
Average Total Payments
Here:

$36,927
State:

$37,618
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.93%
State:

0.64%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,805
Texas:

$22,532
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,870
Texas:

$5,086
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.64%
Texas:

3.62%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$49,479
Texas:

$54,550
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,752
Texas:

$11,127
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.93%
Texas:

0.37%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,607
Texas:

$34,403
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,439
Texas:

$8,357
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.78%
Texas:

0.30%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$64,917
Texas:

$60,653
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,543
State:

$13,908
Number of discharges: 138
This Hospital:

9.83%
Texas:

6.27%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,003
Texas:

$20,255
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,189
State:

$4,589
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

2.28%
State:

2.39%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,528
Texas:

$22,550
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,783
State:

$6,012
Number of discharges: 801
Here:

57.05%
Texas:

1.08%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$59,142
State:

$41,085
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,610
State:

$8,523
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.00%
Texas:

1.20%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,943
State:

$22,785
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,970
State:

$5,348
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.21%
State:

1.52%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,929
Texas:

$29,456
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,557
State:

$6,717
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

2.14%
Texas:

2.33%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$47,537
State:

$44,595
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,363
Texas:

$10,908
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.93%
State:

1.68%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$67,073
Texas:

$55,259
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,482
Texas:

$12,623
Number of discharges: 46
This Hospital:

3.28%
Texas:

4.83%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,477
State:

$31,223
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,549
Texas:

$7,429
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.07%
Texas:

1.68%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,861
Texas:

$21,891
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,151
Texas:

$4,614
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.78%
State:

0.61%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,305
State:

$30,598
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,539
State:

$6,580
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

1.99%
Texas:

2.99%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,104
Texas:

$26,197
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,381
Texas:

$4,788
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.85%
Texas:

1.55%

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