Agape Hospice Of The Upstate in Cayce-west Columbia, South Carolina

Agape Hospice Of The Upstate is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Cayce-west Columbia, South Carolina. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 1053 Center Street in Cayce-west Columbia, South Carolina. You can reach out to the office of Agape Hospice Of The Upstate via phone at (803) 454-6113.

Agape Hospice Of The Upstate is first approved in February, 2009 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 421591. Atlanta is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

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Agape Hospice Of The Upstate
1053 Center Street, Cayce-west Columbia, SC, 29169
(803) 454-6113

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Hospice Profile

NameAgape Hospice Of The Upstate
Location1053 Center Street, Cayce-west Columbia, South Carolina
Hospice ID421591
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code310

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NPI associated with this Hospice

A hospice usually have one NPI number but sometimes it may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Agape Hospice Of The Upstate from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

Quality of Patient Care at Agape Hospice Of The Upstate

Hospice staff should discuss treatment preferences and patient beliefs and values with patients and/or caregivers. They should also identify and provide interventions to address pain, shortness of breath and constipation (caused by opioids) to improve patient comfort and quality of life. Agape Hospice Of The Upstate has the following score in these measures of patient care.
Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality MeasureProvider ScoreNational Score
Patients or caregivers who were asked about treatment preferences like hospitalization and resuscitation at the beginning of hospice care91.698.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care94.193.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care78.293.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem47.977.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath94.694.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation87.493.3

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Services Provided by Agape Hospice Of The Upstate:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Agape Hospice Of The Upstate below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Agape Hospice Of The Upstate
Home Health Aides70
Counselors13
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses3
Medical Social Workers 9
Registered Nurses48
Other Personnel30
Total Employees173

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others134
Total Volunteers134

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Certification Details for Agape Hospice Of The Upstate:

  • January, 2017 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • Blue Cross (south Carolina) is the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), intermediary or carrier servicing this hospice.
  • Current status is Active Provider.
  • Reason of certification is Validation.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

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Medicare Hospice Care

What is Hospice Care?
Hospice care is a type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms, and attending to their emotional and spiritual needs. Care may be provided in a patient's home or in a designated facility such as nursing home, hospital unit or freestanding hospice, with level of care and sometimes location based upon frequent evaluation of the paients needs. The four primary levels of care provided by hospice are routine home care, continuous care, general inpatient and respite care.

How long can one get medicare hospice care?
Hospice care is for people with a life expectancy of 6 months or less (if the disease runs its normal course). If the person receiving hospice care live longer than 6 months, he or she can still get hospice care.
  • A person can get hospice care for two 90-day benefit periods, followed by an unlimited number of 60-day benefit periods.
  • At the start of each period, the hospice medical director or other hospice doctor must recertify that the person is terminally ill (with a life expectancy of 6 months or less). This step is must for continued hospice care.

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