Northeast Georgia Medical Center


About the Facility

CMS Certification Number (CCN)
11T029
Ownership Type
Government
CMS Region
Atlanta
Certification Date
Address
743 Spring Street
Phone Number
(770) 531-6205

Facility Medical Condition Statistics

All other conditions
66
Brain disease or condition (non-traumatic)
12
Brain injury (traumatic)
21
Hip or femur fracture
91
Hip or knee replacement, amputation or other bone or joint condition
51
Nervous system disorder (excluding stroke)
Data not available for this reporting period.
Spinal cord disease or condition (non-traumatic)
21
Spinal cord injury (traumatic)
Data not available for this reporting period.
Stroke
101

Facility Quality of Patient Care Measures

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)
Standardized infection ratio (SIR) 95% confidence interval - lower limit
0.212
SIR 95% confidence interval - upper limit
4.182
Comparative performance category
No Different than the National Benchmark
Catheter days
580
Predicted number of infections (B)
1.580
Number of infections reported (A)
2
SIR (A/B)
1.266
Percentage of patients whose functional abilities were assessed and functional goals were included in their treatment plan
Numerator
367
Denominator
367
Facility rate
100.0
Change in patients ability to care for themselves
Average risk-adjusted change score
8.2
Denominator
325
Average observed change score
10.2
Change in patients ability to move around
Average risk-adjusted change score
21.9
Denominator
325
Average observed change score
23.8
Percentage of patients who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves at discharge
Numerator
82
Denominator
325
Facility rate
25.2
Percentage of patients who are at or above an expected ability to move around at discharge
Numerator
99
Denominator
325
Facility rate
30.5
Percentage of IRF patients who experience one or more falls with major injury during their IRF stay
Numerator
0
Denominator
367
Facility rate
0.0
Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI)
Standardized infection ratio (SIR) 95% confidence interval - lower limit
0.436
SIR 95% confidence interval - upper limit
3.309
Comparative performance category
No Different than the National Benchmark
Patient days
6,913
Predicted number of infections (B)
2.916
Number of infections reported (A)
4
SIR (A/B)
1.372
Percentage of healthcare personnel who got a flu shot for the current season
Number of health care workers vaccinated
139
Number of health care workers
160
Rate of flu vaccination
86.9
Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from an IRF
Number of potentially preventable readmissions following discharge
20
Number of eligible stays
374
Unadjusted potentially preventable readmission rate
5.35
Risk-standardized potentially preventable readmission rate (RSRR)
7.89
Lower limit of the 95% confidence interval on the RSRR
6.27
Upper limit of the 95% confidence interval on the RSRR
9.86
Comparative performance category
No Different than the National Rate
Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions during the IRF stay
Number of potentially preventable readmissions
21
Number of eligible stays
413
Unadjusted potentially preventable readmission rate
5.08
Risk-standardized potentially preventable readmission rate (RSRR)
4.86
Lower limit of the 95% confidence interval on the RSRR
3.47
Upper limit of the 95% confidence interval on the RSRR
6.41
Comparative performance category
No Different than the National Rate
Rate of successful return to home or community from an IRF
Observed number of discharges to community (DTC)
237
Number of eligible stays
324
Observed discharge to community rate
73.15
Risk-standardized discharge to community rate
76.64
Lower limit of the 95% confidence interval on the risk-standardized discharge to community rate
71.75
Upper limit of the 95% confidence interval on the risk-standardized discharge to community rate
81.06
Comparative performance category
Better than the National Rate
Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) for patients in IRFs
MSPB score
0.97
Number of eligible episodes
362
Percentage of patients whose medications were reviewed and who received follow-up care when medication issues were identified
Numerator
364
Denominator
367
Facility rate
99.2
Percentage of patients with pressure ulcers/pressure injuries that are new or worsened
Numerator
25
Denominator
367
Facility observed rate
6.8
Facility risk-adjusted rate
6.1
Percentage of IRF healthcare personnel who completed COVID-19 primary vaccination series
Number of health care workers vaccinated
119
Number of health care workers
142
Rate of COVID-19 vaccination
83.8