Assisted Home Hospice in Northridge, California

Assisted Home Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Northridge, California. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 8550 Balboa Blvd, Ste 282 in Northridge, California. You can reach out to the office of Assisted Home Hospice via phone at (805) 371-7306.

Assisted Home Hospice is first approved in July, 1994 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 051634. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Assisted Home Hospice
8550 Balboa Blvd, Ste 282, Northridge, CA, 91325
(805) 371-7306

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Hospice Profile

NameAssisted Home Hospice
Location8550 Balboa Blvd, Ste 282, Northridge, California
Hospice ID051634
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code200

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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 Assisted Home Hospice 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 Assisted Home Hospice

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. Assisted Home Hospice 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 care100.098.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care99.393.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care98.993.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem82.677.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care98.797.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath99.694.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation99.193.3

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Services Provided by Assisted Home Hospice:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Assisted Home Hospice below:
  • By staff
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology

  • Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Home Maker Service

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Assisted Home Hospice
Home Health Aides15.54
Counselors3.13
Homemakers1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses5.98
Medical Social Workers 3.52
Physicians1.1
Registered Nurses14.09
Total Employees44.36

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Home Health Aides0.17
Counselors0.01
Homemakers1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses0.09
Medical Social Workers0.01
Physicians0.1
Registered Nurses 0.16
Others0.16
Total Volunteers1.7

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› Verified 9 days ago

Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Previous change of ownership is on May , 1999.

Certification Details for Assisted Home Hospice:

  • November, 2016 is the initial visit of the health survey for certifications by CMS.
  • It is in compliance at the time of certification survey by CMS.
  • It is eligible to participate in the medicare and/or medicaid program.
  • National Government Services 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 30, June.
  • Related Provider Number is 557089.

Hospices in Northridge

Assisted Home Hospice
Location: 8550 Balboa Blvd, Ste 282, Northridge, California, 91325
Phone: (805) 371-7306
St Jacob Hospice, Inc
Location: 17042 Devonshire St Suite 209, Northridge, California, 91325
Phone: (805) 371-7306
Sky Home Care & Hospice Inc.
Location: 9253 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, California, 91324
Phone: (805) 371-7306
Doctor's Palliative Care, Inc.
Location: 18531 Roscoe Blvd, Suite 205, Northridge, California, 91324
Phone: (805) 371-7306

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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