St. Joseph's Area Health Services



  
323 Main Avenue South, Park Rapids
Minnesota, 56470

 218-732-4552   Maps & Directions
St. Joseph's Area Health Services, also known as St. Joseph's Home Care 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. 127 Medicare beneficiaries whose average age was 82 years in CY2016. 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 Home Care 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
Related CCN ID:241380
Hospice’s Ownership Type:Non-Profit
Short-term inpatient care provided:Acute & Respite care
Accreditation Joint Commission (JC)
Hospice Address:323 Main Avenue South, Park Rapids,
Minnesota, 56470
County:Hubbard
Phone:218-732-4552
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
Status at the time of certification survey: In Compliance
Waiver of any life safety code: No
Latest Certification Type: Recertification
Certificate Provider: Chicago CMS Regional Office
MAC National Government Services
CBSA Code 99924 (Rural)
National Hospice Spending and Utilization (2016):
National Hospice Spending and Utilization based on CY2016 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 127
RHC Days (in %) 100
Average Age of Beneficiary 82 year
Total Medicare Payment Amount $ 1,195,235
Total Medicare Standard Payment Amount $ 1,295,961
Total Charge Amount $ 3,307,119

Average Service Hours per Day

St. Joseph's Area Health Services provided an average of 0.17 hours per day of home health, 0.2 hours per day of Skilled Nursing, 0.07 hours per day of Social Service hospice care.

Average Hospice Care Days

St. Joseph's Area Health Services have 27 Medicare beneficiaries with 7 or fewer hospice care days, 36 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 60 hospice care days, 11 Medicare beneficiaries with more than 180 hospice care days.


Beneficiaries by Gender


St. Joseph's Area Health Services rendered hospice services to 47 Male and 80 Female Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Beneficiaries by Race


St. Joseph's Area Health Services provided hospice care to 122 White, 5 not disclosed Medicare beneficiaries in a calendar year.

Medicare/Medicaid Eligible Beneficiaries


At St. Joseph's Area Health Services, 78 beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage and 42 beneficiaries were eligible for Medicaid for at least one month of hospice care in the calendar year.


Beneficiaries with Primary Disease Diagnosis

At St. Joseph's Area Health Services, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care for a primary diagnosis are 52 of Cancer, 22 of Dementia, 27 of Heart Disease, 14 of Other Diseases

Site-of-service Hospice Beneficiaries

At St. Joseph's Area Health Services, distinct Medicare beneficiaries who received the majority of their hospice care days are 56 at home, 38 in an assisted living facility, 27 in a skilled nursing facility,

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) 99.393.6
Pain Screening 100.093.9
Pain Assessment 97.277.7
Dyspnea Screening 100.097.3
Dyspnea Treatment 98.394.6
Patients Treated with an Opioid who are Given a Bowel Regimen 96.393.3
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 Aide20
Counseling0.25 0
Homemaker0.250
Medical Social Services1.50
Registered Nurses4.40
Other Personnel1.45 0
Physician Services0.1 0
TOTAL9.950
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: Ms. Beth A Funk
Position: Home Care & Hospice Director
Contact Number: 218-237-5471
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: 1457356206
NPI Enumeration Date: 17 Jun, 2005
NPI Last Update On: 02 Nov, 2011
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
Home Health 325649MinnesotaPrimary
Other Medical Identifiers:
Other legacy medical identifiers of the hospice such as Medicaid, Medicare PIN, NSC, UPIN etc. are mentioned as below.
IdentifierTypeStateIssuer
568515000MedicaidMinnesota
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: 217-732-4552
Fax Number: 218-732-1273
Patients can reach St. Joseph's Home Care at 323 Main Avenue South, Park Rapids, Minnesota or can call to book an appointment on 218-732-4552.

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