BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC
BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC is a Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical center in OKATIE, SC (CCN 42C0001049). NPI 1295163715 links this facility deterministically to NPPES and other federal datasets. Quality data is from reporting year 2024. Fonteum publishes CMS Care Compare ASC quality measures for this facility, each sourced directly from the CMS Provider Data Catalog.
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Data last updated: 2026-05-07 · Source: CMS Care Compare Ambulatory Surgical Center · View on Medicare.gov
What CMS quality measures does Fonteum publish for BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC?
Fonteum publishes CMS Care Compare ASC quality measures for BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC, each sourced directly from the CMS Provider Data Catalog.
How does Fonteum cover ambulatory surgical center quality data?
Fonteum indexes quality data from 44 federal source families, including all six CMS Care Compare facility programs. Each CCN is keyed to its primary CMS dataset — every field traced to a source row and reporting period.
CMS Care Compare · 6 facility types · data.cms.gov · US Government Work
How does Fonteum connect this ambulatory surgical center to its sources?
BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC (CCN 42C0001049) is identified across CMS Care Compare Ambulatory Surgical Center published on data.cms.gov. Every field on this page is chained to its source dataset and row.
How is this ambulatory surgical center’s data sourced and attested?
Each field on this page is sourced from the CMS Care Compare Ambulatory Surgical Center published on data.cms.gov — a US Government Work. Fonteum re-publishes each value with a provenance record identifying the federal source, release date, and redistribution basis.
- Source acquisition — download the CMS Care Compare Ambulatory Surgical Center file from data.cms.gov.
- Entity resolution — key every row to the ambulatory surgical center’s CMS Certification Number (CCN 42C0001049).
- Field projection — extract the fields shown on this page.
- Quality checks — drop rows CMS suppresses or marks not available.
- Chain attestation — sign each field into the Fonteum provenance graph.
Read the full Fonteum provenance methodology or browse the 44 federal source families behind every page.
Which CMS datasets back this page?
- CMS Care Compare Ambulatory Surgical Center · archived copyCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · US Government Work
- Medicare.gov Care Compare — BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLCCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · US Government Work
Frequently asked questions
- How many CMS quality measures does Fonteum track for BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC?
- Fonteum tracks seven CMS Care Compare quality measures for BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC: ASC-1 (patient burn rate), ASC-2 (unplanned transfer/admission), ASC-3 (wrong site/procedure), ASC-4 (all-cause readmission), ASC-9 (antibiotic prophylaxis), ASC-11 (cataract complication), and ASC-12 (colonoscopy follow-up category). Each value is sourced from the CMS Care Compare — Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality dataset as of reporting year 2024.
- What is the NPI for BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC?
- BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC has NPI 1295163715, making it part of the ~100% of CMS Care Compare ASC facilities with a deterministic NPI bridge. This NPI links the facility across NPPES, PECOS, and other federal datasets without fuzzy matching.
- Where does BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC's quality data come from?
- BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC's quality data is drawn from the CMS Care Compare Ambulatory Surgical Center dataset, a US Government Work published by CMS. Fonteum re-publishes each value with provenance metadata tracing it to its source row and reporting period.
- What does CMS Certification Number 42C0001049 identify?
- The CMS Certification Number (CCN) 42C0001049 is the federal identifier Medicare assigns to BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC in OKATIE, SC. It is unique, federally issued, and links this facility across CMS datasets including Care Compare, Provider of Services, and cost reports.
- Why are some measure values suppressed for BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC?
- CMS suppresses measure values when a facility has fewer than 11 qualifying cases in a reporting period (footnote "5"). Suppressed measures appear as "Suppressed (<11 cases)" on this page. Suppression does not indicate poor quality — it is a CMS methodology requirement to protect patient privacy.
- Why is ASC-12 shown as a category rather than a percentage?
- ASC-12 measures the rate of unplanned visits after colonoscopy. CMS reports ASC-12 as a performance category ("Better Than the National Rate," "No Different Than the National Rate," or "Worse Than the National Rate") rather than a raw percentage, because it is a risk-adjusted outcome measure that CMS benchmarks against the national norm.
Related facilities and datasets
BLUFFTON OKATIE SURGERY CENTER LLC is a Medicare-certified ambulatory surgical center identified by CMS Certification Number 42C0001049. Data sourced from the CMS Care Compare Ambulatory Surgical Center (data.cms.gov), a US Government Work. Methodology · Report an error · Medicare.gov