ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER
NPI 1992947956
General Acute Care Hospital - Critical Access in Dickinson, ND

Q: What is St Joseph's Hospital And Health Center's specialty?

The primary specialty registered for this NPI is General Acute Care Hospital, specializing in Critical Access, with taxonomy code 282NC0060X.

Active since April 06, 2009

2500 FAIRWAY ST, DICKINSON, ND 58601(701) 456-4000(701) 456-4800 Get Directions Write a Review

NPPES record last updated: March 20, 2025. Verified against the NPPES registry weekly; last sync: August 02, 2026.

Record update history: Mar 20, 2025, Mar 30, 2017 (2 updates tracked since 2017).

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About St Joseph's Hospital And Health Center NPPES

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

ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER (NPI 1992947956), doing business as Chi St Alexius Health Dickinson, is a healthcare organization registered as a critical access in Dickinson, North Dakota and active in the NPI registry since April 2009. The organization lists Joseph Lawrence Ruark, Vp Operational Finance, as its authorized official.

NPPES Registry Identity

NPI1992947956

Entity TypeOrganization

Primary Taxonomy282NC0060X

Legal Business NameST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CENTER

Location Address2500 FAIRWAY STDickinson, ND 58601

Mailing Address2500 Fairway StDickinson, ND 58601 · (701) 456-4000 · Fax (701) 456-4800

Phone(701) 456-4000

Fax(701) 456-4800

Organization SubpartNo

Authorized OfficialJoseph Lawrence RuarkVp Operational Finance · (701) 774-7408

Enumeration DateApril 6, 2009

Last NPPES UpdateMarch 20, 20252 updates tracked since enumeration

NPPES CertifiedMarch 20, 2025

✔ NPI 1992947956 is a valid, active identifier and passes the ISO check-digit test.

Specialties & Licenses 2

★ Primary SpecialtyGeneral Acute Care Hospital · Critical AccessHospitals

Taxonomy Code282NC0060X

Licenses✔ Licensed in ND · 5054✔ Licensed in ND · 5054A

Also ListedClinic/Center · Critical Access HospitalTaxonomy 261QC0050X · License 5054 (ND)

2500 FAIRWAY ST, Dickinson, ND 58601

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Other Names 1

Doing Business AsChi St Alexius Health Dickinson

Other Identifiers 2

Other125ND · Bluecross

Medicaid1012ND

Accepted Insurance

The full list of accepted plans is on the Insurance tab. Issuers include Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, Medica, Sanford Health Plan.Insurance ›

Hospital Quality Ratings CMS Care Compare

Quality and patient-experience ratings for Chi St Alexius Health Dickinson (CMS certification number 351336), from CMS Care Compare.

Chi St Alexius Health Dickinson

Critical Access Hospitals · Dickinson, ND

OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Church

CMS Certification Number351336

Location2500 Fairway StreetDickinson, ND 58601 · Stark County · (701) 456-4000

Emergency services Birthing friendly Meaningful use of EHRs

Patient Experience

HCAHPS patient survey · Jan 2023 – Dec 2023

3/5 summary rating

Nurse communication

4/5

Doctor communication

4/5

Staff responsiveness

4/5

Communication about medicines

3/5

Discharge information

4/5

Care transition

3/5

Cleanliness

1/5

Quietness

4/5

Overall hospital rating

3/5

Recommend hospital

3/5

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

Complications & Deaths 6

Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients

Cases too small to report

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

12.8% No different than national

Death rate for pneumonia patients

18.5% No different than national

Death rate for stroke patients

Cases too small to report

Infections 1

Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)

1 observed case · 1.209 predicted · 5,469 patient days

0.827 No different than national

Unplanned Hospital Visits 11

Hospital return days for heart attack patients

Cases too small to report

Hospital return days for heart failure patients

71 days per 100 discharges

Hospital return days for pneumonia patients

64 days per 100 discharges

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

93 No different than national

Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery

122 No different than national

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate

Cases too small to report

Timely & Effective Care 12

Emergency department volume

Low

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

0.3%

Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination

78%

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

170 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

222 minutes

Left before being seen

Maternal Health 2

Elective Delivery

28%

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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