How Much Does Adventist La Grange Memorial Charge for Common Procedures?

On average, Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital bills Medicare 1 to 2 times the U.S. average, the New York Times reports.

How Much Does Adventist La Grange Memorial Charge for Common Procedures?

On average, Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital bills Medicare 1 to 2 times the U.S. average, the New York Times reports.

When a patient arrives at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital needing major joint replacement, the hospital bills Medicare $70,042, which is 1.4 times the national average. This information is according to a massive federal database of national health care costs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made public Wednesday.  On average, Adventist La Grange Memorial bills Medicare one to two times more than the U.S. average for treatments, according to a database compiled by New York Times, which is searchable by ZIP code or state.  For the first time people can see in detail how much the vast majority of American hospitals charged for the top 100 most common procedures billed to Medicare. The database covers claims filed within …

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How Long is the ER Wait at Nearby Hospitals?

New Medicare database shows how hospitals across serving the Chicago area — and the rest of the nation — compare for care. Wait times at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital are slightly less than the state average.

If you go to the emergency room at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital, how long will it take before you see a healthcare professional? The federal government says 29 minutes on average, just four minutes less than the state average according to a new database causing some hospital officials nationwide to cringe. At Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, the average ER wait time is 28 minutes, while at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, patients can expect to wait 74 minutes, which is more than double the state and national average. Key measures of ER efficiency have been posted from hospitals taking part across the country (not every hospital reported data), according to a report by Cheryl Clark, now senior quality editor for …

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Hospital Hangups: Medical Mistake Rates for La Grange Memorial

Medicare's Hospital Compare database shows the frequency of eight hospital-acquired conditions at La Grange Memorial Hospital compared to the national average.

It’s nightmarish to envision a medical sponge or bit of gauze left inside your body after surgery. But that’s not something you need to be too worried about if you’re being treated at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital.  Zero objects were accidentally left inside Medicare patients at the hospital between July 2009 and June 2011, according to the federal program’s record of hospital-acquired conditions. The national rate for such mistakes is 0.028 per 1,000 patients discharged. Discharged patients include those who go home, leave for another treatment facility or die while at the hospital. Falls and injuries, at a rate of 0.832 per 1,000 discharges, are slightly more common for Medicare patients at La Grange Memorial than the national …

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Labor and Delivery at Adventist La Grange Gets an Update

Having a baby at Adventist La Grange? Your experience just got a bit cozier.

The following is a press release from Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital: Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital is finishing up a facelift of the hospital’s labor and delivery rooms to help expectant mothers and their families feel a little more at home during their stay. “We work hard to try to provide the most comfortable environment we can for our patients,” Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital Chief Executive Officer Lary Davis said. “We hope that our renovated labor and delivery rooms do just that for our expectant mothers and their families.” With fresh paint, bathroom fixtures and tile, and new wood laminate flooring, the rooms are designed to establish a cozier atmosphere. The renewed setting is designed to lower stress in …

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Adventist La Grange Employee Raises $25K for New Cancer Institute

Candice Washilewski worked with the Colon Cancer Coalition of Minneapolis to bring a fundraising race to the Chicago area.

The following is a press release provided by Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital: Colon cancer does not discriminate based on age, race or gender. As the Director of Medical Surgical Services at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital, Candice Washilewski knows this all too well. “I see patients who’ve been diagnosed with colon cancer everyday” said Washilewski, who’s worked at the hospital for five years. “There’s a family history, too. My father is a survivor and my grandfather had it. Raising awareness is near and dear to my heart.” In 2010, Washilewski teamed up with the Colon Cancer Coalition out of Minneapolis to bring their 5k race to the Chicago area. This year, she donated $25,000 of the proceeds from the Get Your Rear in Gear 5k …

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La Grange Adventist Welcomes Its First 2013 Baby

Tyler Jacob Sanders was born to a couple from Brookfield on Wednesday morning.

The first baby born at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital in 2013 entered the world at on Wednesday morning (Jan. 2), after the hospital saw no births on New Year's Day itself. Tyler Jacob Sanders was born at 9:11 a.m. on Wednesday, weighing a healthy 7 pounds, 12 ounces and standing 20.5 inches long. Little Tyler (can we call him T.J.?) is presumably the first baby born in the La Grange and Western Springs area so far this year, barring any out-of-hospital births we don't know of. Baby boy Sanders is the son of Terry Sanders and Marcela Marquez-Sanders of Brookfield. He is their first child; according to his father, he was born four days ahead of schedule. Adventist La Grange's Dr. Shaheen Misbah performed the delivery.

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Names, Cause of Death Released in Fire that Killed 2 in La Grange

The deceased were a 90-year-old man and his 91-year-old wife.

The La Grange Fire Department confirmed on Thursday that the two people killed in a house fire early Saturday morning on the 900 block of Kensington Avenue were Roland Martin, 90, and Eleanor Martin, 91, husband and wife. According to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, Roland Martin died from a combination of carbon monoxide intoxication and an inhalation of smoke and soot and Eleanor Martin from inhalation injuries, both caused by the house fire. Roland Martin was pronounced dead at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital at 3:32 a.m., the Chicago Tribune reported; according to the La Grange Fire Department, he had perished on the scene. Eleanor Martin, also taken to Adventist La Grange, was pronounced dead at 5:18 a.m.  “The cause …

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2 Dead in Early-Morning Fire on Kensington

The man and woman were both pronounced dead at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital after the extra-alarm blaze, the Chicago Tribune reports.

A man and woman died after a three-alarm fire broke out in a home on the 900 block of Kensington Avenue in La Grange at around 1:38 p.m. on Saturday morning. The man, who was in his 90s, was pronounced dead at Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital at 3:32 a.m., the Chicago Tribune reported; according to the La Grange Fire Department, he had perished on the scene. The woman, also taken to Adventist La Grange, was pronounced dead at 5:18 a.m.  The names of the victims are being withheld while family is notified. Next-door neighbor Tony Kenagis told Patch his family was woken at around 2 a.m. by a police officer and relocated outside their house, which suffered some smoke damage from the blaze. The home at the corner of Kensington Avenue and …

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