Hospital
Name, address, telephone number,
website, and system affiliation
Hospital name, address, telephone number, website,
and system affiliation are
taken from three sources according to the following
precedence:,
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Information may be collected and updated as the result
of direct communications with hospitals, news items,
etc. Such information has highest precedence over
other sources.
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Information may be collected or updated directly from a
hospital's website or from a system's website.
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Information for hospitals without websites may be taken
from their most recent Medicare cost report and/or the
Medicare Provider of Services file. (Data for
these hospitals are updated quarterly as new versions of
these files become available. Data from these
sources is only used when information is not available
from a website or through direct communications.)
Notes
Notes are continually updated to reflect important
information regarding mergers, new ownership, changes in
operations, etc.
Provider
Number
All facilities that participate in the
Medicare program are assigned a federal Medicare Provider
Number. This number identifies a hospital for claims
processing, cost reporting etc.
Type of Facility
The type of facility is determined from the last
four digits of its Medicare provider number:
Type of Control
A hospital's type of control is taken from its most
recent Medicare cost report (HCRIS file):
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Voluntary Nonprofit, Church
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Voluntary Nonprofit, Other
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Proprietary, Individual
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Proprietary, Corporation
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Proprietary, Partnership
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Proprietary, Other
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Governmental, Federal
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Governmental, City-County
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Governmental, County
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Governmental, State
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Governmental Hospital District
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Governmental, City
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Governmental, Other
Health
Care System
Hospital affiliations are obtained from websites
and other commercial sources. System
affiliations are continually monitored and update through industry
news sources (i.e. acquisitions, divestitures, etc.).
Beds
Numbers of staffed beds are taken from a hospital's most
recent Medicare cost report (W/S S-3, Part I, col.1).
Cost report instructions define staffed beds as, "the number of
beds available for use by patients at the end of the cost
reporting period. A bed means an adult bed, pediatric bed,
birthing room, or newborn bed maintained in a patient care area
for lodging patients in acute, long term, or domiciliary areas
of the hospital. Beds in labor room, birthing room, postanesthesia, postoperative recovery rooms, outpatient areas,
emergency rooms, ancillary departments, nurses' and other staff
residences, and other such areas which are regularly maintained
and utilized for only a portion of the stay of patients
(primarily for special procedures or not for inpatient lodging)
are not termed a bed for these purposes." Note that
beds by unit are reported elsewhere on the Profile and the
Departments reports.
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General Medical/Surgical Beds are the beds used for
routine care.
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Special Care Beds include Intensive Care Units, Coronary
Care Units, etc.
Total Employees
The total number of employees is taken from a hospital's
most recent Medicare Cost Report (W/S S-3, part I, line 12,
column 10).
Total
Discharges
The total number of inpatient discharges (all payors)
is taken from a hospital's most recent Medicare Cost Report (W/S
S-3, part I, line 12, column 15).
Total Patient
Days
The total number of patient days (all payors) is taken from
a hospital's most recent Medicare Cost Report (W/S S-3, part I,
line 12, column 6).
Total Patient
Revenue
The total patient revenue (inpatient and outpatient) is
taken from a hospital's most recent Medicare Cost Report (W/S
G-2, part I, line 25, column 10).
Geographic
Information
A hospital's county, Core Based Statistical
Area (CBSA), and
geographic coordinates (i.e. longitude and latitude) are
determined through commercial geocoding based on the hospital's
address. Please note that CBSAs replaced Metropolitan
Statistical Areas (MSAs) upon implementation of new
standards in 2000.
Fiscal
Intermediary
Medicare Fiscal Intermediaries (FIs) are private insurance
companies that serve as the federal government's agents in the
administration of the Medicare program, including the payment of
claims. The name of the FI is obtained from a hospital's
most recent Medicare cost report.
Urban / Rural
Designation
Medicare classifies a hospital as either "Urban" or "Rural"
based on their Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hospital's
can, however, be reclassified from rural to urban if they meet
certain criteria. A hospital's designation (and
reclassification date, if applicable) are taken from their most
recent Medicare Cost Report.
Medicare
Certified Beds
The total number of beds in Medicare
and/or Medicaid certified areas within a facility. The
total certified beds are reported from the Medicare Provider
of Services file.
