Benefis Hospitals Inc

CCN

271507The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

Other

Control type

Other

Participating since

Aug 29, 1991

Last certification

Nov 10, 2021

Address

2600 15TH Ave S
Great Falls, MT 59405
(406) 455-3040

• Benefis Hospitals, Inc.

  dba Peace Hospice of Montana

  • Inpatient Hospice
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1750398665
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 89
  • State average 85
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 84
  • State average 84
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 81
  • State average 79
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 92
  • State average 94
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team provided the right amount of emotional and spiritual support 93
  • State average 93
  • National average 91
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The patient always got the help they needed for pain and symptoms 81
  • State average 78
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 90
  • State average 88
  • National average 85
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025

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

• Thomas Brice Addison, MD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1871594754
• Bradford A Bergman, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1235130113
• Jace A Bird, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Fort Benton, MT
  • NPI 1477627982
• Kathleen S Blair, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1346335189
• Lisa Diane Cadwell, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1750609343
• Kyra Lynee Carpenter, D.O.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1639462294
• Steven M Chrzanowski, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1568454692
• Sierra Lahti Cobb

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1538609623
• Daniel K. Gordon, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1821020686
• Karl A Guter, MD

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1437150331
• Brandon Hawk, FNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1356793731
• Hesham Hazin, M.D.

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Johnson City, TN
  • NPI 1235369307
• Jessica Elizabeth Kaae, D.O.

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1811335003
• Stacy M Kingsland, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1528160173
• Libby A Lake, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1932194750
• Joseph Lee, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1326029851
• James B Legan, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1871605790
• Charles Marler, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1407847155
• Bryan E Martin, MD

  • Medical Oncology Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1689786519
• Kevin McCrea, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1326081860
• Patrick Tang, MD

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1316109739
• Jay Daniel Taylor, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Conrad, MT
  • NPI 1376532309
• Thomas A Warr, MD

  • Hematology & Oncology Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1356342208
• Carey J Welsh, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1063413912
• Katherine Ann Zitello, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Great Falls, MT
  • NPI 1427685270

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 99.82
  • State average 99.15
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 0
  • State average 4.4
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 0
  • State average 2.6
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 4.1
  • State average 0.3
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 3.6
  • State average 7.8
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 69.1
  • State average 44.4
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 90.86
  • State average 94.29
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 99.82
  • State average 99.19
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 99.44
  • State average 98.07
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 91.9
  • State average 97.14
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 98.42
  • State average 98.48
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 100
  • State average 99.86
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 8
  • State average 8.9
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 16.1
  • State average 59.9
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 42.9
  • State average 30.7
  • National average 37.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 7.6
  • State average 13.8
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 100
  • State average 99.64
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 6,722
  • State average 11,920.9 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 4.9
  • State average 7.3
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 71.9
  • State average 91.4
  • National average 89.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024

• 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.