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Kern Medical Center
Psychiatric Hospital Unit in Bakersfield, California
NPI 1407272255

Kern Medical Center is a Psychiatric Hospital Unit based in Bakersfield, CA. Kern Medical Center practices in Bakersfield, CA. The NPI Number for Kern Medical Center is 1407272255 and holds a License No. (California).

The current practice location address for Kern Medical Center is 1700 Mount Vernon Ave, Bakersfield, CA and can be reached out via phone at 510-754-4118.

Location: 1700 Mount Vernon Ave, Bakersfield, CA, 93306-4018
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Provider Profile Details
NPI Number
1407272255
Provider Name
Kern Medical Center
Credential
Provider Entity Type
Organization
Address
1700 Mount Vernon Ave, Bakersfield, CA, 93306-4018
Phone Number
510-754-4118
Fax Number
Provider Enumeration Date
03/17/2014
Last Update Date
03/09/2024
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Provider Business Practice Location Address Details
Address
1700 Mount Vernon Ave
City
Bakersfield
State
California
Zip
93306-4018
Phone Number
510-754-4118
Fax Number
person
Provider Business Mailing Address Details
Address
1700 Mount Vernon Ave
City
Bakersfield
State
California
Zip
93306-4018
Phone Number
510-754-4118
Fax Number
person
Provider's Taxonomy Details 1
Type
Hospital Units
Classification
Psychiatric Unit
Speciality
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Taxonomy
273R00000X
License No.
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Definition
In general, a distinct unit of a hospital that provides acute or long-term care to emotionally disturbed patients, including patients admitted for diagnosis and those admitted for treatment of psychiatric problems on the basis of physicians' orders and approved nursing care plans. Long-term care may include intensive supervision to the chronically mentally ill, mentally disordered or other mentally incompetent persons; (2) For Medicare, a distinct part of a general acute care hospital admitting only patients whose admission to the unit is required for active treatment, whose treatment is of an intensity that can be provided only in an inpatient hospital setting, and whose condition is described by a psychiatric principal diagnosis contained in the Third Edition of the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or in Chapter 5 (Mental Disorders) of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM). The unit must furnish, through the use of qualified personnel, psychological services, social work services, psychiatric nursing, occupational therapy, and recreational therapy. The unit must maintain medical records that permit determination of the degree and intensity of treatment provided to individuals who are furnished services in the unit; the unit must meet special staff requirements in that the unit must have adequate numbers of qualified professional and supportive staff to evaluate inpatients, formulate written, individualized, comprehensive treatment plans, provide active treatment measures and engage in discharge planning.
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