RUSH FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - MERIDIAN, MS

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Addresss:
1314 19TH AVE
MERIDIAN, MS, 39301
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (601) 483-0011

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 130.15
Registered Professional Nurses : 345.60
Other Salaried Personnel : 813.40
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 9.50
Dieticians : 0.50
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 7.50
Respiratory Therapists : 18.50
Physicians : 8.00
Medical Social Workers : 5.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 215
Total Certified: 215

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social 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%
Mississippi:

5%
Usually
Here:

17%
State:

15%
Always
Here:

78%
State:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

12%
Mississippi:

11%
Always
Here:

85%
State:

85%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
Mississippi:

11%
Usually
Here:

21%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

69%
State:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
Mississippi:

8%
Usually
Here:

23%
Mississippi:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

69%
Mississippi:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

21%
State:

21%
Usually
Here:

17%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

62%
Mississippi:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
State:

10%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

72%
State:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Mississippi:

7%
Usually
Here:

22%
Mississippi:

24%
Always
Here:

73%
Mississippi:

69%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

79%
State:

79%
No
This Hospital:

21%
State:

21%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

8%
Mississippi:

10%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

19%
State:

22%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

73%
State:

68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
Mississippi:

6%
Yes, probably
Here:

24%
Mississippi:

26%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

72%
State:

68%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

99.0%
Mississippi:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Mississippi:

98.2%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

99.0%
State:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.3%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

98.0%
State:

96.4%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Mississippi:

97.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

98.0%
State:

94.1%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

100.0%
Mississippi:

90.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Mississippi:

99.2%

Pneumonia

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

92.0%
Mississippi:

96.2%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

98.0%
Mississippi:

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

82.0%
State:

92.1%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

90.0%
State:

93.8%

Surgery

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

99.0%
Mississippi:

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

95.0%
Mississippi:

96.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

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:

95.0%
Mississippi:

95.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

97.0%
Mississippi:

97.1%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
Here:

97.0%
State:

95.8%
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%
Mississippi:

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

95.0%
State:

93.4%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

98.0%
Mississippi:

95.3%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

99.0%
State:

96.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
State:

96.7%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

14.6%
State:

15.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

12.2%
Mississippi:

12.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

14.1%
State:

13.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.6%
Mississippi:

20.1%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

22.1%
Mississippi:

26.1%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

16.8%
Mississippi:

19.6%

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

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

$22,473
State:

$26,793
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,319
State:

$7,262
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.71%
Mississippi:

0.53%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,657
Mississippi:

$18,293
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,178
Mississippi:

$5,060
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.97%
Mississippi:

0.74%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,086
Mississippi:

$18,350
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,155
State:

$5,115
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.90%
State:

1.12%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,490
State:

$12,650
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,591
Mississippi:

$3,452
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

2.45%
State:

1.48%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,376
Mississippi:

$17,224
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,877
State:

$5,050
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

2.19%
Mississippi:

1.90%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,093
Mississippi:

$41,923
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,896
State:

$12,972
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.10%
Mississippi:

0.46%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,710
Mississippi:

$17,346
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,376
Mississippi:

$3,373
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.90%
State:

1.44%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,605
Mississippi:

$21,305
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,984
Mississippi:

$5,812
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.55%
State:

2.37%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,917
Mississippi:

$26,679
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,426
State:

$7,105
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.10%
Mississippi:

2.30%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,369
Mississippi:

$16,092
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,489
Mississippi:

$4,362
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

2.52%
State:

2.34%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,738
Mississippi:

$29,836
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,634
State:

$6,793
Number of discharges: 52
This Hospital:

3.36%
State:

1.76%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,848
State:

$16,844
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,003
Mississippi:

$5,045
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.29%
Mississippi:

0.77%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,340
Mississippi:

$16,954
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,479
State:

$4,347
Number of discharges: 48
This Hospital:

3.10%
State:

4.02%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,535
State:

$23,596
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,310
State:

$6,181
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.90%
State:

0.63%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,087
State:

$22,928
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,215
State:

$6,215
Number of discharges: 43
Here:

2.78%
State:

2.12%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,415
State:

$17,651
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,389
Mississippi:

$4,240
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

2.32%
State:

0.57%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,265
State:

$20,890
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,210
State:

$6,135
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

2.58%
State:

3.46%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,825
State:

$32,289
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,313
Mississippi:

$8,991
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.42%
State:

2.92%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,884
State:

$14,583
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,107
Mississippi:

$4,098
Number of discharges: 48
This Hospital:

3.10%
State:

1.73%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,286
State:

$39,694
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,446
Mississippi:

$11,495
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

2.19%
State:

1.03%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,272
State:

$32,083
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,313
Mississippi:

$9,221
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

2.26%
State:

0.38%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,041
State:

$25,590
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,107
Mississippi:

$6,889
Number of discharges: 41
This Hospital:

2.65%
Mississippi:

1.65%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$43,235
State:

$39,280
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,094
Mississippi:

$11,774
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.90%
Mississippi:

0.92%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,654
Mississippi:

$19,515
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,020
State:

$4,963
Number of discharges: 42
Here:

2.71%
Mississippi:

0.93%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,228
State:

$16,244
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,732
State:

$4,671
Number of discharges: 59
Here:

3.81%
Mississippi:

3.46%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,214
State:

$28,763
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,178
State:

$7,066
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.90%
State:

0.34%
Major Cardiovasc Procedures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$51,738
Mississippi:

$63,936
Average Total Payments
Here:

$18,959
Mississippi:

$19,460
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.03%
State:

0.47%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$43,400
State:

$48,033
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,982
Mississippi:

$12,799
Number of discharges: 163
This Hospital:

10.52%
State:

4.93%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,632
Mississippi:

$57,555
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,533
State:

$15,912
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.48%
Mississippi:

0.71%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,854
State:

$14,414
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,157
State:

$4,193
Number of discharges: 43
Here:

2.78%
State:

2.58%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,342
State:

$23,497
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,104
State:

$6,064
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.77%
State:

0.41%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$46,100
Mississippi:

$52,816
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,729
State:

$15,280
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.23%
State:

0.51%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$50,987
Mississippi:

$69,457
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$18,396
Mississippi:

$19,831
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.71%
State:

0.51%
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,930
Mississippi:

$38,916
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,288
State:

$10,400
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.77%
Mississippi:

0.36%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$51,039
State:

$60,713
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,420
Mississippi:

$12,853
Number of discharges: 52
Here:

3.36%
State:

1.52%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,980
State:

$17,238
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,324
Mississippi:

$3,954
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.71%
State:

0.30%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,873
Mississippi:

$30,306
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,868
State:

$8,087
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.48%
State:

1.43%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,188
Mississippi:

$22,262
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,429
Mississippi:

$6,502
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.10%
State:

0.44%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,220
State:

$17,864
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,886
State:

$4,971
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

1.55%
State:

1.98%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,828
State:

$22,099
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,062
Mississippi:

$6,198
Number of discharges: 41
Here:

2.65%
State:

2.02%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,205
Mississippi:

$35,040
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,178
State:

$10,508
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.23%
Mississippi:

1.33%
Renal Failure without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,043
Mississippi:

$13,880
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,726
State:

$4,050
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.23%
Mississippi:

0.31%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$29,500
State:

$31,040
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,788
State:

$8,720
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.97%
Mississippi:

0.80%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$40,834
State:

$45,994
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,767
State:

$12,320
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.03%
State:

0.96%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$102,234
State:

$122,134
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$31,517
State:

$35,203
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.16%
State:

0.42%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$49,145
State:

$53,819
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,205
State:

$14,418
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.42%
State:

1.20%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,247
State:

$19,377
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,622
Mississippi:

$4,761
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.48%
State:

0.61%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,831
State:

$44,389
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,044
State:

$11,997
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.55%
State:

3.82%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,871
Mississippi:

$25,053
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,739
Mississippi:

$6,894
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.90%
Mississippi:

1.34%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,895
Mississippi:

$16,085
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,134
Mississippi:

$4,122
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.84%
Mississippi:

0.67%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,836
Mississippi:

$22,633
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,136
Mississippi:

$6,078
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

2.52%
Mississippi:

3.08%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,068
State:

$16,650
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,350
State:

$4,315
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

1.94%
State:

1.59%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,417
Mississippi:

$19,098
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,407
Mississippi:

$4,340
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.48%
Mississippi:

1.42%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,384
Mississippi:

$19,312
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,485
Mississippi:

$4,513
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.42%
State:

0.98%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.619%
Mississippi:

0.715%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.412%
Mississippi:

0.406%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

11.100%
State:

8.123%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.194%
Mississippi:

0.163%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.087%
Mississippi:

0.073%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

5.500%
State:

5.869%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
Here:

4.800%
Mississippi:

4.103%

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