St. Joseph's Area Health Services



  
323 Main Avenue South, Park Rapids
Minnesota, 56470

 (21-8) -732-4552   Maps & Directions
St. Joseph's Area Health Services, also known as St. Joseph's Hospice is a hospice care center situated at Park Rapids, Minnesota. This palliative care is medicare certified, hence if you are covered by medicare, medicare will pay the hospice for your care. St. Joseph's Area Health Services accommodated approx. 105 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 83 years in CY2022. Unique hospice identification number provided by medicare to this hospice care is 241546. St. Joseph's Area Health Services comes under the CMS regional office located at Chicago. This CMS regional office covers all hospices located in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin. Services provided at St. Joseph's Area Health Services mainly includes home health aide, counseling, homemaker, medical social services, medical supply services, nursing services, occupational therapy, physician services, physical therapy, short term inpatient care, speech pathology services.
St. Joseph's Area Health Services provides special care for people who are terminally ill. This involves a team-oriented approach that addresses the medical, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient. Hospice also provides support to the patient’s family or caregiver.


Complete Hospice Profile:
St. Joseph's Hospice type, unique identification code, ownership type, accreditation,short term inpatient care type, address, contact number, fax number and all other information is provided as below. Recipients can directly walkin or can call on the below given phone number for appointment.
Hospice ID (CCN) 241546
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Non-Profit (01 Voluntary Non-Profit - Church)
Accreditation Joint Commission (JC)
Hospice Address:323 Main Avenue South, Park Rapids,
Minnesota, 56470
County:Hubbard
Phone:(21-8) -732-4552
Fax:218-732-1273
CMS Regional Office Chicago
Medicare Certification:
Medicare certification details of St. Joseph's Area Health Services with certification date, type, current status, certification provider, MAC, CBSA Code are stated below.
Medicare Certified:Yes
Medicare Certification Date:16 Dec, 1994
Current Status: Active Provider
Latest visit of the Health or LSC survey: 12 Sep, 2015
Certificate Provider: CMS Regional Office
CBSA Code 99924 (Rural)
Federal Certification Status Certified (as on 01 Apr, 2024)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2022):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on FY 2022 for St. Joseph's Area Health Services are stated below it includes number of beneficiaries, average age of beneficiaries accommodated in hospice, total medicare payment amount received by hospice, total charge amount of the hospice.
Beneficiaries 105
RHC Days (in %) 100
Episode or Stay Count 106
Total Nursing Minutes 95085 Minutes (1584.75 Hours)
Days of Service 8,166
Average Age of Beneficiary 83 year
Average Risk Score of Beneficiaries 2.41
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 1,358,748
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 1,429,311
Total Medicare Allowed Payment Amount $ 1,358,748
Total Charge Amount $ 2,094,745

Average Hospice Visit Count


St. Joseph's Area Health Services have 1978 skilled nursing visits, 406 social work visits and 1541 Number of home health aide visits provided by the home health agency or hospice.


Beneficiaries by Gender


St. Joseph's Area Health Services rendered hospice services to 46% Male and 54% Female Medicare beneficiaries in a Fiscal year.

Beneficiaries by Race


St. Joseph's Area Health Services provided hospice care to 97% White, 3% not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a Fiscal year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At St. Joseph's Area Health Services,69% of Medicare beneficiaries received their Medicare correspondence in a rural area based on having a Core-based Statistical Area (CSBA) designation equal to Non-CBSA.
30% of Medicare beneficiaries qualified to receive Medicare and Medicaid benefits, (also be referred to as dual eligibility). Beneficiaries are classified as a dual if in any month in the given calendar year they were receiving full or partial Medicaid benefits.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At St. Joseph's Area Health Services, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 28 of Neoplasms & Diseases of the Blood and Blood forming organs, 25 of Diseases of the Nervous System, 30 of Diseases of the Circulatory System, 14 of Diseases of the Respiratory System,

Services Provided:
Services available at St. Joseph's Area Health Services are mentioned below along with the information that who will provide the service like whether it will be provided by hospice staff or will be arranged from any 3rd source or outer source.
Services AvailableProvided By
Home Health AideHospice Staff
CounselingHospice Staff
HomemakerHospice Staff
Medical Social ServicesHospice Staff
Medical Supply ServicesHospice Staff
Nursing ServicesHospice Staff
Occupational TherapyHospice Staff
Physician ServicesHospice Staff
Physical TherapyHospice Staff
Short Term Inpatient CareHospice Staff
Speech Pathology ServicesHospice Staff

Quality of Patient Care:
Quality of patient care is measured based on the survey done by the patients who received the hospice care, as well as the experiences of their informal primary caregivers. Main points included in the survey are treatment preferences, beliefs/values addressed (if desired by the patient), pain screening, pain assessment, dyspnea screening, dyspnea treatment,patients treated with an opioid who are given a bowel regimen.
Measure NameScore (in %)National Average
Treatment Preferences 100.098.3
Beliefs/Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100.093.6
Pain Screening 100.093.9
Pain Assessment 100.077.7
Dyspnea Screening 100.097.3
Dyspnea Treatment 98.394.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen Not Available93.3
Employee Count:
St. Joseph's Area Health Services employee information is available below according to the service area, it is also divided among volunteer and employed count.
Services Employed CountVolunteer Count
Home Health Aide2.00.0
Counseling0.25 0.0
Homemaker0.250.0
Medical Social Services1.50.0
Registered Nurses4.40.0
Other Personnel1.45 0.0
Physician Services0.1 0.0
TOTAL9.950.0
Authorized/Official Person Profile:
Officially authorized person to contact for any management issues or complaints of this hospice are as below. Person's position and contact details are also mentioned below.
Name: Mr. Ben Koppelman
Position: President
Contact Number: 218-616-3500
Professional Identification Codes:
NPI number stands for National Provider Identifier which is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
NPI details of stated hospice are as mentioned below.
NPI Number: 1730185000
Parent Organization: St. Joseph's Area Health Services
NPI Enumeration Date: 22 Jun, 2005
NPI Last Update On: 30 Jul, 2020
Medical Licenses:
Hospice can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in the same state or different states. Related medical licenses for St. Joseph's Area Health Services are as mentioned below.
SpecializationLicense NumberStateStatus
Hospice Care, Community Based 325631MinnesotaPrimary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
365324200MedicaidMinnesota
Business Mailing Address:
Business mailing address can be used for mailing purpose only, for visiting purpose patients need to refer above mentioned address.
Address: 600 Pleasant Ave S,
Park Rapids, Minnesota
Zip: 56470-1431
Phone Number: 218-732-4552
Fax Number: 218-732-1273
Patients can reach St. Joseph's Hospice at 323 Main Avenue South, Park Rapids, Minnesota or can call to book an appointment on (21-8) -732-4552.
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