William W Backus Hospital - Norwich, CT

William W Backus Hospital

Psychiatric Hospital Unit in Norwich, Connecticut

NPI 1730243536

William W Backus Hospital is a Psychiatric Hospital Unit based in Norwich, CT. William W Backus Hospital practices in Norwich, CT. The NPI Number for William W Backus Hospital is 1730243536 and holds a License No. 0037 (Connecticut).

The current practice location address for William W Backus Hospital is 326 Washington St, Norwich, CT and can be reached out via phone at 860-889-8331 and via fax at 860-892-6983. You can also correspond with William W Backus Hospital through the mailing address at 326 WASHINGTON ST, NORWICH, CT - 06360-2740 (mailing address contact number: 860-889-8331).

Location: 326 Washington St, Norwich, CT, 06360-2740

NPI Number

1730243536

Provider Name

William W Backus Hospital

Credential

Provider Entity Type

Organization

Address

326 Washington St, Norwich, CT, 06360-2740

Phone Number

860-889-8331

Fax Number

860-892-6983

Provider Enumeration Date

12/19/2006

Last Update Date

03/08/2024

Address

326 Washington St

City

Norwich

State

Connecticut

Zip

06360-2740

Phone Number

860-889-8331

Fax Number

860-892-6983

Address

326 Washington St

City

Norwich

State

Connecticut

Zip

06360-2740

Phone Number

860-889-8331

Fax Number

860-892-6983

Type

Hospital Units

Classification

Psychiatric Unit

Speciality

Taxonomy

273R00000X

License No.

0037 (Connecticut)

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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