{
 "city": "Deer River",
 "state": "MN",
 "state_name": "Minnesota",
 "slug": "deer-river",
 "agency_count": 1,
 "rated_count": 0,
 "page": "https://myhomecarefinder.com/home-health/mn/deer-river/",
 "indexable": false,
 "answer": "As of the CMS Care Compare July 2026 release, 1 Medicare-certified home health agency has an office in Deer River, MN. None currently has a CMS quality-of-patient-care star rating (often because there were too few patients for CMS to report).",
 "ranking": "CMS quality-of-patient-care stars desc; ties alphabetical; unrated last; no paid placement",
 "source": {
  "dataset": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/6jpm-sxkc",
  "release": "July 2026"
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "pages": [
  "https://myhomecarefinder.com/home-health/mn/deer-river/"
 ],
 "agencies": [
  {
   "ccn": "247223",
   "name": "Essentia Health Deer River Home Care",
   "name_cms": "ESSENTIA HEALTH DEER RIVER HOME CARE",
   "address": "115 10th Avenue Northeast",
   "city": "Deer River",
   "city_cms": "DEER RIVER",
   "state": "MN",
   "zip": "56636",
   "phone": "(218) 246-4520",
   "phone_e164": "+12182464520",
   "ownership": "Non-Profit",
   "medicare_certification_date": "1986-04-29",
   "services": [
    "nursing"
   ],
   "cms_quality_star_rating": null,
   "star_rating_note": "Not rated: too few patients for CMS to report",
   "measures": {
    "timely_initiation_of_care_pct": null,
    "discharge_to_community_category": null,
    "potentially_preventable_hospitalization_category": null,
    "medicare_spending_per_episode_vs_national": null
   },
   "services_labels": [
    "Skilled nursing"
   ],
   "city_page": "https://myhomecarefinder.com/home-health/mn/deer-river/#ccn-247223",
   "care_compare_url": "https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/home-health/247223/view-all?state=MN",
   "source": {
    "dataset": "CMS Provider Data Catalog: Home Health Care Agencies (6jpm-sxkc)",
    "url": "https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/6jpm-sxkc",
    "release": "July 2026"
   },
   "rank": 1
  }
 ]
}