ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM
NPI 1538123567
General Acute Care Hospital in Buffalo, MN

Q: What is Allina Health System's NPI number?

The NPI number for Allina Health System is 1538123567. It was assigned to this organization in the NPPES registry on April 14, 2006. The provider is doing business as Buffalo Hospital.

Q: What is Allina Health System's specialty?

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

Q: What quality rating does Allina Health System have?

CMS rates Buffalo Hospital 5 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 April 14, 2006

5/5

Hospital Overall Rating

303 CATLIN ST, BUFFALO, MN 55313(763) 682-1212 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: February 24, 2025. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: October 04, 2026.

Record update history: Feb 24, 2025, Apr 12, 2023, Jan 9, 2019 and 1 more (4 updates tracked since 2015).

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About Allina Health System NPPES

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

ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM (NPI 1538123567), doing business as Buffalo Hospital, is a healthcare organization registered as a general acute care hospital in Buffalo, Minnesota and active in the NPI registry since April 2006. The organization lists Joshua Shepherd, President, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1538123567

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282N00000X

Legal Business NameALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM

Location Address303 CATLIN STBuffalo, MN 55313-1947

Mailing AddressPo Box 43, Mr 10585Minneapolis, MN 55440-0043 · (612) 262-1166

Phone(763) 682-1212

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialJoshua ShepherdPresident · (763) 688-7804

Enumeration DateApril 14, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateFebruary 24, 20254 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedFebruary 24, 2025

✔ NPI 1538123567 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care HospitalHospitals

Taxonomy Code282N00000X

License✔ Licensed in MN · 330913

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.

303 CATLIN ST, Buffalo, MN 55313

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsBuffalo Hospital

Accepted Insurance

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

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Buffalo Hospital (CMS certification number 240076), from CMS Care Compare.

Buffalo Hospital

Acute Care Hospitals · Buffalo, MN

5/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Other

CMS Certification Number240076

Location303 Catlin StreetBuffalo, MN 55313 · Wright County · (763) 682-1212

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

4/5

Communication about medicines

4/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

4/5

Cleanliness

2/5

Quietness

4/5

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 17

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

2.7 No different than national

Death rate for heart attack patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for COPD patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for heart failure patients

8.2% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

16.3% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

Cases too small to report

Infections 1

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

0 observed cases · 1.93 predicted · 9,355 patient days

0.000 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 13

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

Cases too small to report

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

98 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

67 days per 100 discharges

Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)

401 No different than national

Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

Cases too small to report

Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy

Cases too small to report

Timely & Effective Care 16

Emergency department volume

Low

Percentage of healthcare personnel who are up to date with COVID-19 vaccinations

4.4%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

74%

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

138 minutes

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

165 minutes

Left before being seen

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

36%

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.

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