VALLEY CITIZENS' FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH CARE INC
NPI 1720181225
Medicare Defined Swing Bed Unit in Del Norte, CO

Q: What is Valley Citizens' Foundation For Health Care Inc's specialty?

The primary specialty registered for this NPI is Medicare Defined Swing Bed Unit with taxonomy code 275N00000X.

Q: What quality rating does Valley Citizens' Foundation For Health Care Inc have?

CMS rates Rio Grande 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 September 07, 2006

5/5

Hospital Overall Rating

310 COUNTY ROAD 14, DEL NORTE, CO 81132(719) 657-2510(719) 657-4106 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: December 31, 2025. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 09, 2026.

Record update history: Dec 31, 2025, Apr 5, 2023 (2 updates tracked since 2023).

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About Valley Citizens' Foundation For Health Care Inc NPPES

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

VALLEY CITIZENS' FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH CARE INC (NPI 1720181225), doing business as Rio Grande Hospital, is a healthcare organization registered as a medicare defined swing bed unit in Del Norte, Colorado and active in the NPI registry since September 2006. The organization lists Arlene Harms, Ceo, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1720181225

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy275N00000X

Legal Business NameVALLEY CITIZENS' FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH CARE INC

Location Address310 COUNTY ROAD 14Del Norte, CO 81132-8719

Mailing Address310 County Road 14Del Norte, CO 81132-8719 · (719) 657-2510 · Fax (719) 657-2511

Phone(719) 657-2510

Fax(719) 657-4106

Organization SubpartYes

Authorized OfficialArlene HarmsCeo · (719) 657-2510

Enumeration DateSeptember 7, 2006

Last NPPES UpdateDecember 31, 20252 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedDecember 31, 2025

✔ NPI 1720181225 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses

★ Primary SpecialtyMedicare Defined Swing Bed UnitHospital Units

Taxonomy Code275N00000X

License✔ Licensed in CO · 06Z301

Definition

A unit of a hospital that has a Medicare provider agreement and has been granted approval from HCFA to provide post-hospital extended care services and be reimbursed as a swing-bed unit.

310 COUNTY ROAD 14, Del Norte, CO 81132

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsRio Grande Hospital

Other Identifiers 1

Medicaid05000203CO

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Rio Grande Hospital (CMS certification number 061301), from CMS Care Compare.

Rio Grande Hospital

Critical Access Hospitals · Del Norte, CO

5/5 CMS Overall Rating

OwnershipProprietary

CMS Certification Number061301

Location310 County Rd 14Del Norte, CO 81132 · Rio Grande County · (719) 657-2510

Emergency services Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

5/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

5/5

Doctor communication

5/5

Staff responsiveness

5/5

Communication about medicines

4/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

5/5

Cleanliness

5/5

Quietness

5/5

Overall hospital rating

5/5

Recommend hospital

5/5

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

Complications & Deaths 5

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

Cases too small to report

Death rate for COPD patients

9.3% No different than national

Death rate for heart failure patients

11.9% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

18% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

Cases too small to report

Unplanned Hospital Visits 10

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

60 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

51 days per 100 discharges

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

Cases too small to report

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

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

41 No different than national

Timely & Effective Care 5

Emergency department volume

Low

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

100%

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

38 minutes

Left before being seen

Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing

Other Providers at the Same Location NPPES 18

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

DR. JAMES ELY WALKER M.D.

Family Medicine (Addiction Medicine)