ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARYS HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE Reviews
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Patient Satisfaction Percentage: Unknown
Hospice data as of February 21, 2024
A Review of the Data
Prepared by Richard Saunders as of February 21, 2024.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") distributes numerous tables of data on hospice organizations on a quarterly basis. That is a lot of information to pour through to try and build a comprehensive review of ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARYS HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE. Luckily, we are here to help! I’ve put together this page to help you to get a better idea of what the hospital does, who is affiliated with it, share any patient survey data and much more. (If you want to jump to a specific section of the review, here are the section headers: General Hospital Data, Performance Data, Patient Survey Results, and Service Area.)
ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARYS HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE: General Information
Hospice services are typically delivered at a facility or in home, so the physical address for ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARYS HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE is not terribly important. What is important is to find an agency that serves the geopgraphic area where the patient is living and to find a hospice provider that is responsive to their needs.
Certification Number: 241521
Certified Since: 03/21/1991
Patient Survey Results for ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARYS HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE
The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems ("CAHPS") Hospice Survey was designed to measure and assess the experiences of patients who died while receiving hospice care, as well as the experiences of their informal primary caregivers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") developed the CAHPS Hospice Survey with input from many stakeholders, including other government agencies, industry stakeholders, consumer groups, and other key individuals and organizations involved in hospice care. (More information.)
Since the CAHPS Hospice Survey focuses on experiences of care, implementation of the survey supports the following national priorities for improving care: involving patients and families in care and promoting effective communication and coordination.
The standardized 47 question CAHPS Hospice Survey instrument is composed of the following measures: Communication with Family, Getting Timely Help, Treating Patient with Respect, Emotional and Spiritual Support, Help for Pain and Symptoms, Training Family to Care for Patient, Rating of this Hospice, and Willingness to Recommend this Hospice.
Higher Scores are better. Results are available on a facility basis. Averages for each state and for the nation are also available. Allf othis information is shown below.
Performance Data
Below are the results of the survey results for ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARYS HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE based on the Home Health Care Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems ("HHCAHPS Survey”). If state level results are available a comparison to state averages is shown.
Hospice and Palliative Care Treatment Preferences | 100 % |
Beliefs & Values Addressed (if desired by the patient) | 99.3 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Screening | 99.6 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Pain Assessment | 99 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Screening | 99.1 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Dyspnea Treatment | 98.4 % |
Patient Treated with an Opioid Who Are Given a Bowel Regimen | 100 % |
Hospice and Palliative Care Composite Process Measure | 96.5 % |
Hospice Visits in the Last Days of Life | Not Available |
Hospice Care Index Overall Score | Not Available |
CHC/GIP provided (%days) | Not Available |
Gaps in nursing visits (% elections) | Not Available |
Early live discharges (% live discharges) | Not Available |
Late live discharges (% live discharges) | Not Available |
Burdensome transitions, Type 1 (% live discharges) | Not Available |
Burdensome transitions, Type 2 (% live discharges) | Not Available |
Per-beneficiary spending (U.S. dollars $) | Not Available |
Nurse care minutes per routine home care days (minutes) | Not Available |
Skilled nursing minutes on weekends (% minutes) | Not Available |
Visits near death (% decedents) | Not Available |
Medical Professionals Associated with ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARYS HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE
These are the doctors who are affiliated with ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARYS HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.
- GEORGIA BRUNETTE ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR )
- BRENDA CARY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- ANN VREELAND ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER )
- ELIZABETH RADUEGE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- ROBERT MCDONALD ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- MICHAEL STERNS ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR )
- JOSEPH BIANCO ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ESSENTIA HEALTH VIRGINIA LLC )
- JEAN HOYER ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR )
- PAULINA CHALUPSKY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - STATE OF MINNESOTA-MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET )
- LLOYD KETCHUM ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- COLT EDIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR )
- MARK NORGARD ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR )
- TIMOTHY PEHL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GRAND ITASCA CLINIC AND HOSPITAL )
- TRACY DICKISON ( CERTIFIED CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST (CNS) - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- BRUCE SMITH ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- PAUL JONES ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DULUTH GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION COUNCIL INC )
- BRET FRIDAY ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- CHRISTOPHER WHITING ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER )
- DARIN SKAUDIS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - GRAND ITASCA CLINIC AND HOSPITAL )
- BRIAN RUGGLE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- ANNE SKWIRA BROWN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR )
- JOSEPH SCHWINGHAMER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ESSENTIA HEALTH VIRGINIA LLC )
- EFSTRATIOS TRAVLOS ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR )
- DANIEL NIKCEVICH ( HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- STEPHEN SMITH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- MARK BOYCE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- ERIK SATHER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DULUTH GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION COUNCIL INC )
- KIRSTEN BICH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- INGRID NISSWANDT- LARSEN ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR )
- SUSAN STARK ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER )
- LINDSAY WENZEL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- WENDY BATY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- THOMAS HEINITZ ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DULUTH GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION COUNCIL INC )
- KRISA KEUTE ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - POLINSKY MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTER )
- DIANA HARVEY ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- JASON BUFFINGTON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- JASON WIEDERIN ( GERIATRIC MEDICINE - ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR )
- ANNALI MARIUCCI ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - TWIN CITIES PHYSICIANS PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION )
- JEFFREY WILT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - ESSENTIA HEALTH VIRGINIA LLC )
- KRISTIN LUSIAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- MICHELLE OMAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER )
- CORISSA ANDERSON ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- ANNE SKADBERG ( FAMILY PRACTICE - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- DANIEL KUEVI AKOE ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR )
- SEAN KEMPKE ( FAMILY PRACTICE - POLINSKY MEDICAL REHABILITATION CENTER )
- KARISSA SCHULTZ ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - DEER RIVER HEALTHCARE CENTER INC )
- JAMES MONTANA ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - ESSENTIA HEALTH VIRGINIA LLC )
- GEORGE HOLLIDAY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- KAITLYN BRENNER ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- ALLISON HEASLET ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR )
- ANNIKA ELIZABETH WALTER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- CLAIRE KAP ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - THE DULUTH CLINIC LTD )
- DAVID HYJEK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - DULUTH GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION COUNCIL INC )
Service Area
ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARYS HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE provides home healthcare services in these zip codes. Click on any ZIP Code to see other agencies servicing the ZIP Code.
55805 54820 54830 54836 54838 54842 54847 54849 54854 54859 54864 54865 54873 54874 54880 54890 55072 55124 55318 55448 55449 55601 55602 55603 55609 55614 55616 55703 55704 55705 55706 55707 55708 55709 55710 55711 55712 55713 55716 55717 55718 55719 55720 55721 55722 55723 55724 55726 55731 55732 55733 55734 55735 55736 55738 55741 55742 55744 55746 55748 55749 55750 55751 55753 55756 55760 55763 55764 55765 55767 55768 55769 55771 55772 55775 55779 55781 55782 55783 55785 55786 55790 55791 55792 55793 55795 55796 55797 55798 55802 55803 55804 55806 55807 55808 55810 55811 55812 55816 56401 56431 56442 56601 56626 56628 56633 56636 56637 56641 56655 56657 56661 56672 56688