Sierra Medical Center


About the Facility

CMS Certification Number (CCN)
45T668
Ownership Type
For Profit
CMS Region
Dallas
Certification Date
Address
1625 Medical Center Dr.
El Paso, Texas 79902
Phone Number
(915) 747-2100

Facility Medical Condition Statistics

All other conditions
82
Brain disease or condition (non-traumatic)
26
Brain injury (traumatic)
14
Hip or femur fracture
47
Hip or knee replacement, amputation or other bone or joint condition
64
Nervous system disorder (excluding stroke)
16
Spinal cord disease or condition (non-traumatic)
47
Spinal cord injury (traumatic)
Data not available for this reporting period.
Stroke
65

Facility Quality of Patient Care Measures

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)
Standardized infection ratio (SIR) 95% confidence interval - lower limit
0.223
SIR 95% confidence interval - upper limit
4.391
Comparative performance category
No Different than the National Benchmark
Catheter days
727
Predicted number of infections (B)
1.505
Number of infections reported (A)
2
SIR (A/B)
1.329
Percentage of patients whose functional abilities were assessed and functional goals were included in their treatment plan
Numerator
346
Denominator
346
Facility rate
100.0
Change in patients ability to care for themselves
Average risk-adjusted change score
12.3
Denominator
288
Average observed change score
13.9
Change in patients ability to move around
Average risk-adjusted change score
30.3
Denominator
288
Average observed change score
32.1
Percentage of patients who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves at discharge
Numerator
167
Denominator
288
Facility rate
58.0
Percentage of patients who are at or above an expected ability to move around at discharge
Numerator
160
Denominator
288
Facility rate
55.6
Percentage of IRF patients who experience one or more falls with major injury during their IRF stay
Numerator
0
Denominator
346
Facility rate
0.0
Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI)
Standardized infection ratio (SIR) 95% confidence interval - lower limit
0.013
SIR 95% confidence interval - upper limit
1.296
Comparative performance category
No Different than the National Benchmark
Patient days
6,302
Predicted number of infections (B)
3.806
Number of infections reported (A)
1
SIR (A/B)
0.263
Percentage of healthcare personnel who got a flu shot for the current season
Number of health care workers vaccinated
632
Number of health care workers
661
Rate of flu vaccination
95.6
Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from an IRF
Number of potentially preventable readmissions following discharge
9
Number of eligible stays
256
Unadjusted potentially preventable readmission rate
3.52
Risk-standardized potentially preventable readmission rate (RSRR)
7.23
Lower limit of the 95% confidence interval on the RSRR
5.66
Upper limit of the 95% confidence interval on the RSRR
9.24
Comparative performance category
No Different than the National Rate
Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions during the IRF stay
Number of potentially preventable readmissions
16
Number of eligible stays
291
Unadjusted potentially preventable readmission rate
5.50
Risk-standardized potentially preventable readmission rate (RSRR)
5.28
Lower limit of the 95% confidence interval on the RSRR
3.68
Upper limit of the 95% confidence interval on the RSRR
6.86
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)
180
Number of eligible stays
259
Observed discharge to community rate
69.50
Risk-standardized discharge to community rate
70.46
Lower limit of the 95% confidence interval on the risk-standardized discharge to community rate
65.17
Upper limit of the 95% confidence interval on the risk-standardized discharge to community rate
75.15
Comparative performance category
No Different than the National Rate
Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) for patients in IRFs
MSPB score
1.05
Number of eligible episodes
265
Percentage of patients whose medications were reviewed and who received follow-up care when medication issues were identified
Numerator
334
Denominator
346
Facility rate
96.5
Percentage of patients with pressure ulcers/pressure injuries that are new or worsened
Numerator
16
Denominator
344
Facility observed rate
4.7
Facility risk-adjusted rate
4.2
Percentage of IRF healthcare personnel who completed COVID-19 primary vaccination series
Number of health care workers vaccinated
1,062
Number of health care workers
1,098
Rate of COVID-19 vaccination
96.7