Good Samaritan Society - Bethany in Brainerd, MN

Good Samaritan Society - Bethany is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in Brainerd, Minnesota. It is located in Crow Wing county at 804 Wright Street, Brainerd, Minnesota 56401. You can reach out to the office of Good Samaritan Society - Bethany via phone at (218) 829-1407. This skilled nursing facility has 106 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 67.08%. Its legal business name is The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and has the following ownership type - Non Profit - Corporation.

Good Samaritan Society - Bethany (Medicare CCN 245500) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in both medicare and medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicare or medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 1988 (36 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in December, 2019.

Name	Good Samaritan Society - Bethany
Location	804 Wright Street, Brainerd, Minnesota
Certified By	Medicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds	106
Occupancy Rate	67.08%
Medicare ID (CCN)	245500
Legal Business Name	The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Ownership Type	Non Profit - Corporation

Nursing Homes may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Good Samaritan Society - Bethany from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1902888399
Organization Name	THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY
Doing Business As	GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY - BETHANY
Address	804 Wright St, Brainerd, MN 56401
Phone Number	218-829-1407

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Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. The below quality ratings for Good Samaritan Society - Bethany are calculated from three sources - health inspection results, staffing data, and quality measure data. This information gives you an indication of the care Good Samaritan Society - Bethany give to their patients.

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Number of Facility Reported Incidents	0
Number of Substantiated Complaints	0
Number of Fines	1
Total Amount of Fines in Dollars	$20264
Number of Payment Denials	0
Total Number of Penalties	1

The resident survey data of Good Samaritan Society - Bethany is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased	15.18	14.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight	1.12	5.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder	59.46	48.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	4.6	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection	7.39	2.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms	4.7	5.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained	0	0.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury	1.19	3.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	99.6	93.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication	13.54	14.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	95.11	83.88
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication	0.93	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened	37.31	17.09
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication	7.73	19.7
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers	3.7	7.32
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	96.41	95.98
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function	79.52	67.99
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	90.31	82.93

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