Palo Alto County Hospital

CCN

167049The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Home health agency

Ownership

Government Operated

Control type

Government Operated

Participating since

Aug 11, 1971

Last certification

Dec 9, 2020

Overall star rating

3 of 5Care Compare

Address

3201 First Street
Emmetsburg, IA 50536
(712) 852-5419

• Palo Alto County Hospital

  • Critical Access Hospital
  • Emmetsburg, IA
  • NPI 1790793651
  Medicare enrollment
• Palo Alto County Hospital

  dba Palo Alto Community Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Emmetsburg, IA
  • NPI 1992708531
  Medicare enrollment

• Care started in a timely manner 87.5
  • State average 95.4 (computed here)
  • National average 93.98 (computed here)
  • 56 patients
• Checked whether patients received a flu shot 69.44
  • State average 66.76 (computed here)
  • National average 62.68 (computed here)
  • 36 patients
• Discharge function score 93.02
  • State average 79.37 (computed here)
  • National average 61.19 (computed here)
  • 43 patients
• Health information given to the patient 100
  • State average 93.8 (computed here)
  • National average 90.76 (computed here)
  • 37 patients
• Medicare spending per episode, against the national average 1.09
  • State average 1.03 (computed here)
  • National average 0.97 (computed here)
  • 66 patients
• Patients got better at bathing 94.05
  • State average 85.51 (computed here)
  • National average 85.61 (computed here)
  • 35 patients
• Patients got better at getting in and out of bed 87.77
  • State average 82.85 (computed here)
  • National average 83.24 (computed here)
  • 32 patients
• Patients got better at walking or moving around 69.93
  • State average 80.46 (computed here)
  • National average 83.22 (computed here)
  • 42 patients
• Patients who fell with major injury 0
  • State average 2.42 (computed here)
  • National average 1.06 (computed here)
  • 51 patients
• Physician-recommended actions on medication issues were timely 89.29
  • State average 92.57 (computed here)
  • National average 90.52 (computed here)
  • 56 patients
• Potentially preventable hospitalisations during care As expected7.76
  • State average 10.04 (computed here)
  • National average 10.9 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 28 patients
• Potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days As expected4.13
  • State average 4.09 (computed here)
  • National average 4.13 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 61 patients
• Pressure ulcers or injuries that are new or worsened 2.72
  • State average 0.33 (computed here)
  • National average 0.28 (computed here)
  • 46 patients
• Quality of patient care star rating As expected3 of 5
  • State average 3.07 (computed here)
  • National average 3.25 (computed here)
• Successful return to home or community As expected83.75
  • State average 85.61 (computed here)
  • National average 80.17 (computed here)
  • Same as national rate
  • 55 patients

Clinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.

• Sara Boysen, ARNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Emmetsburg, IA
  • NPI 1194273516
• Amanda Jean Kuchenreuther, ARNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Fort Dodge, IA
  • NPI 1598107542
• Jason Michael Patton, M.D

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Emmetsburg, IA
  • NPI 1538513379
• Amanda Minn Richard, ARNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Emmetsburg, IA
  • NPI 1972086668

• Provider of Services: the certification, provider type, beds and status.
• Medicare Care Compare: the star rating and every measure on this page, with the state and national rates CMS publishes beside them, and the clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation.
• NPPES NPI Registry: the NPI records connected to this certification and the names of the providers listed above.

Better and worse are CMS's own comparison with the national rate, not ours: for most measures a low score is the good one (deaths, infections) and for others a high one is, so measures where CMS states no comparison are left uncoloured. The exception is star ratings, which are read against the national average here. Quality measures are published by CMS and are not adjusted or re-scored here. Averages marked “computed here” are the mean of every facility reporting that measure, worked out by NPIMap because CMS publishes no comparison for it. Confirm anything you rely on at Medicare Care Compare.