Inter County Nursing Service in Thief River Falls, MN - Home Health Agency

Inter County Nursing Service is a medicare certified home health care agency in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. It is located in Thief River Falls at 101 Main Avenue North, Thief River Falls, Minnesota 56701. You can reach out to the office of Inter County Nursing Service via phone at (218) 681-0876. Inter County Nursing Service provide healthcare services in Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Home Health Aide. It has the following ownership type - Government - Local.

Inter County Nursing Service is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in medicare program. This means if you are part of medicare program, you may consider this home health facility for your medical needs. The medicare CCN number for Inter County Nursing Service is 247055 and it was first certified by CMS in 1969 (55 years certified).

Contact Information

Inter County Nursing Service
101 Main Avenue North, Thief River Falls, Minnesota 56701
(218) 681-0876
Not Available

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Home Healthcare Agency Profile

NameInter County Nursing Service
Location101 Main Avenue North, Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Certified ByMedicare
Services OfferedNursing Care
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Speech Pathology
Medical Social Services
Home Health Aide
Medicare ID247055
Ownership TypeGovernment - Local
Service Area Zip Codes56701, 56715, 56725, 56742, 56748, 56750, 56758

NPI for Inter County Nursing Service:

Home Healthcare Agencies may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Inter County Nursing Service from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1942203864
Organization NamePENNINGTON & RED LAKE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH & HOME CARE
Doing Business AsINTER-COUNTY NURSING SERVICE
Address101 Main Ave N, Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Phone Number218-681-0876

Quality Ratings:

Inter County Nursing Service is "Medicare-certified" which means that this home health agency is approved by Medicare and meets certain federal health and safety requirements, however, home health agencies may vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their patients. The quality ratings gives you an indication of the care Inter County Nursing Service give to their patients incomparison to other home health agencies. This quality rating is based on process quality measures and patient outcome measures survey conducted by CMS.

Quality Rating:Not Available*
* The number of patient episodes for this measure is too small to report.

Patients' Survey and Ratings:

The patient experience of care survey collects patient (or their family or friend's) feedback about topics for which the patient is the best source of information. When choosing a home health agency, patients can use this information to find out what other patients thought about the care given by a certain home health agency. The total number of patients who responded in this survey for Inter County Nursing Service are 27. Since fewer than 100 patients completed the survey, use the scores shown, if any, with caution as the number of surveys may be too low to accurately tell how Inter County Nursing Service is doing.
Question Type:Rating by Patients
Health team gave care in a professional wayNot Available
Health team communicated well with themNot Available
Health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safetyNot Available
How patients rated overall care from agencyNot Available
The patient survey data of Inter County Nursing Service is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team gave care in a professional way9588
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team communicated well with them8785
Percent of patients who reported that their home health team discussed medicines, pain, and home safety with them8383
Percent of patients who gave their home health agency a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)9284
Percent of patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the home health agency to friends and family9978

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Home Healthcare Agencies in Thief River Falls, MN

Inter County Nursing Service
Location: 101 Main Avenue North, Thief River Falls, Minnesota 56701
Ratings:
NA
Phone: (218) 681-0876    

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