American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga in Sylacauga, Alabama

American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Sylacauga, Alabama. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 3235 Old Sylacauga Hwy in Sylacauga, Alabama. You can reach out to the office of American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga via phone at (256) 245-9212.

American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga is first approved in November, 2003 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 011608. Atlanta is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga
3235 Old Sylacauga Hwy, Sylacauga, AL, 35150
(256) 245-9212

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Hospice Profile

NameAmerican Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga
Location3235 Old Sylacauga Hwy, Sylacauga, Alabama
Hospice ID011608
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code600

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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 American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1376612648
Organization NameAmerican Hospice -- Fort Payne
Address103 3rd Street North West Fort Payne, Alabama, 35968
Phone Number(256)245-9212

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NPI Number1992709943
Organization NameAmerican Homecare Hospice Inc
Address3235 Old Sylacauga Hwy Sylacauga, Alabama, 35150
Phone Number(256)245-9212

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Quality of Patient Care at American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga

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. American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga 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 care96.998.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care96.993.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care84.493.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problemNot Available77.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care100.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath95.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipationNot Available93.3

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Services Provided by American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Physician Service
    • Other Services

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology

  • 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 American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga
Home Health Aides2
Counselors1
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians2
Registered Nurses2
Other Personnel4
Total Employees12

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Certification Details for American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga:

  • August, 2015 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 Recertification.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

Hospices in Sylacauga

American Homecare Hospice - Sylacauga
Location: 3235 Old Sylacauga Hwy, Sylacauga, Alabama, 35150
Phone: (256) 245-9212
Coosa Valley Hospice
Location: 315 West Hickory Street, Sylacauga, Alabama, 35150
Phone: (256) 245-9212

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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