Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc

CCN

431504The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier

Status

Active

Provider type

Hospice

Ownership

Non-Profit

Control type

Non-Profit - Private

Participating since

Aug 7, 1989

Last certification

May 19, 2022

Address

401 9TH Ave NW Post Office Box 1210
Watertown, SD 57201
(605) 882-7745

• Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc

  dba Prairie Lakes Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1467480640
  Medicare enrollment

• Caregivers rated the hospice agency a 9 or 10 84
  • State average 84
  • National average 83
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always communicated well 84
  • State average 81
  • National average 82
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always provided timely help 83
  • State average 80
  • National average 78
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• The hospice team always treated the patient with respect 93
  • State average 92
  • 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 77
  • State average 77
  • National average 76
  • Period from 10/01/2023-09/30/2025
• YES, they would definitely recommend the hospice 89
  • State average 85
  • 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.

• Hamid Assadi, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1841671872
• Judy C Beumer, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Sisseton, SD
  • NPI 1285632398
• Leshea Marie Buttke, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Milbank, SD
  • NPI 1477118958
• William W Devine, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1376522854
• Edward A Dickes, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1932411733
• Pastel Fligge

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1821255647
• Stanley C Gallagher, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Sisseton, SD
  • NPI 1831125657
• Alexandra Sue Gauer, DO

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1336888403
• Allison J Geier, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1629290440
• Elizabeth J Gravley, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Webster, SD
  • NPI 1659375137
• Jessica A Horn, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1629290457
• Mian M Javaid

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Bismarck, ND
  • NPI 1184960452
• Derek G. Kindelspire, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Sioux Falls, SD
  • NPI 1538451216
• Deborah Kullerd, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Nemo, SD
  • NPI 1528031499
• Gregory R. Larson, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1629036645
• Stacie A. Lenssen, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1215994769
• Michael Paul Lowe, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Sisseton, SD
  • NPI 1306996798
• Jonathan M McAreavey, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1730147125
• Hollis D. Nipe, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1821056896
• Douglas Olson, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1780875641
• Stephanie Marie Peyton-Aas, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1083101869
• Aaron Randy Pickrel, DO

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1356802979
• Kristen Marie Pickrel, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1306307160
• Daniel H Reiffenberger, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1558328799
• Sarah A Reiffenberger, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Watertown, SD
  • NPI 1700844198

• Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) 100
  • State average 99.98
  • National average 99.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) 4.2
  • State average 4.9
  • National average 8.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) 0
  • State average 2
  • National average 2.1
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• CHC/GIP provided (% days) 1.4
  • State average 0.3
  • National average 0.5
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Early live discharges (% live discharges) 4.2
  • State average 7.6
  • National average 7.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) 7.1
  • State average 30
  • National average 52.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure 93.38
  • State average 96.88
  • National average 96.15
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening 100
  • State average 99.46
  • National average 99.53
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment 99.15
  • State average 99.47
  • National average 98.59
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment 98.68
  • State average 98.71
  • National average 98.27
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening 98.01
  • State average 98.88
  • National average 99
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences 100
  • State average 100
  • National average 99.8
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Hospice Care Index Overall Score 10
  • State average 9
  • National average 8.8
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life 90.7
  • State average 71.2
  • National average 48.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Late live discharges (% live discharges) 16.7
  • State average 29.8
  • National average 37.4
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) 33.3
  • State average 19.7
  • National average 19.9
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen 94.64
  • State average 99.13
  • National average 98.46
  • Period from 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025
• Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) 4,980
  • State average 10,085.38 (computed here)
  • National average 19,227
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) 12.4
  • State average 9.4
  • National average 9.6
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
• Visits near death (% decedents) 98.5
  • State average 93.8
  • National average 89.3
  • Period from 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024

No other hospices are listed in Watertown, SD; these share its ZIP code area (572xx).

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