DOUGLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL
NPI 1164424305
General Acute Care Hospital in Alexandria, MN

Q: What is Douglas County Hospital's NPI number?

The NPI number for Douglas County Hospital is 1164424305. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on June 1, 2005. The provider is doing business as Alomere Health.

Q: What is Douglas County Hospital's specialty?

The primary specialty registered for this NPI is General Acute Care Hospital with taxonomy code 282N00000X.

Q: What quality rating does Douglas County Hospital have?

CMS rates Alomere Health 4 out of 5 stars overall on Care Compare, based on measures of safety, patient experience and outcomes. The full measure detail is in the Hospital Quality Ratings section above.

Active since June 01, 2005

4/5

Hospital Overall Rating

111 17TH AVE E, ALEXANDRIA, MN 56308(320) 762-1511(320) 762-6101 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: September 15, 2025. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 09, 2026.

Record update history: Sep 15, 2025, Jul 21, 2022, Mar 13, 2019 (3 updates tracked since 2019).

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About Douglas County Hospital NPPES

Official registry information on file with the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System.

DOUGLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL (NPI 1164424305), doing business as Alomere Health, is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Alexandria, Minnesota and active in the NPI registry since June 2005. The organization maintains a secondary practice location in Alexandria and lists Carl Vaagenes, Administrator, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1164424305

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameDOUGLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL

Location Address111 17TH AVE EAlexandria, MN 56308-3703

Mailing Address111 17th Ave EAlexandria, MN 56308-3703 · (320) 762-1511 · Fax (320) 762-6101

Phone(320) 762-1511

Fax(320) 762-6101

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialCarl VaagenesAdministrator · (320) 762-6021

Enumeration DateJune 1, 2005

Last NPPES UpdateSeptember 15, 20253 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedSeptember 15, 2025

✔ NPI 1164424305 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

Definition

An acute general hospital is an institution whose primary function is to provide inpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services for a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and non-surgical, to a wide population group. The hospital treats patients in an acute phase of illness or injury, characterized by a single episode or a fairly short duration, from which the patient returns to his or her normal or previous level of activity.

111 17TH AVE E, Alexandria, MN 56308

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsAlomere Health

Secondary Practice Location 1

Location 1207 18th Ave EAlexandria, MN 56308-2511 · Phone (320) 762-6079 · Fax (320) 762-6123

Other Identifiers 1

Other1517HDOMN · Blue Cross/blue Shield

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Medica.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Alomere Health (CMS certification number 240030), from CMS Care Compare.

Alomere Health

Acute Care Hospitals · Alexandria, MN

4/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipGovernment - Local

CMS Certification Number240030

Location111 17th Avenue EastAlexandria, MN 56308 · Douglas County · (320) 762-1511

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

4/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

4/5

Doctor communication

4/5

Staff responsiveness

3/5

Communication about medicines

4/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

4/5

Cleanliness

3/5

Quietness

3/5

Overall hospital rating

4/5

Recommend hospital

4/5

Star ratings summarize responses from patients surveyed after discharge, collected through the CMS HCAHPS program.

Complications & Deaths 18

CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite

0.94 No different than national

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate

0.83 No different than national

Postoperative wound dehiscence rate

2.22 No different than national

Postoperative sepsis rate

5.91 No different than national

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate

3.09 No different than national

Postoperative respiratory failure rate

10.57 No different than national

Infections 2

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

2 observed cases · 4.969 predicted · 9,318 patient days

0.402 No different than national

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)

0 observed cases · 1.262 predicted · 1,280 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate

79 No different than national

Rate of readmission after discharge from hospital (hospital-wide)

494 No different than national

Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement

305 No different than national

Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate

120 No different than national

Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients

36 No different than national

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate

Cases too small to report

Timely & Effective Care 14

Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients

100%

Head CT results

Left before being seen

Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit- Psychiatric/Mental Health Patients. A lower number of minutes is better

227 minutes

Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit A lower number of minutes is better

126 minutes

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

67%

Maternal Health 3

Elective Delivery

30%

Exclusive Breast Milk Feeding

529

Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure

Yes

Other Providers at the Same Location NPPES 20

Providers registered at the same practice address, or within the immediate area, according to the NPPES registry.

MRS. AMBER MICHELLE-HOUGE BLOCK

Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered