Berger Hospice in Circleville, Ohio

Berger Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Circleville, Ohio. It is a gevernment hospice and this hospice is a Part of a hospital. It is located at 1170 North Court Street in Circleville, Ohio. You can reach out to the office of Berger Hospice via phone at (740) 420-7950.

Berger Hospice is first approved in October, 1992 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 361561. Chicago is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Berger Hospice
1170 North Court Street, Circleville, OH, 43113
(740) 420-7950

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Hospice Profile

NameBerger Hospice
Location1170 North Court Street, Circleville, Ohio
Hospice ID361561
CategoryPart of a hospital
Ownership TypeGovernment - City-county
Profit TypeGEVERNMENT
Accreditation ProviderThe Joint Commission (TJC)
SSA county code660

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

NPI Number1629019666
Organization NameBerger Hospital
Address1170 North Court Street Circleville, Ohio, 43113
Phone Number(740)420-7950

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Quality of Patient Care at Berger 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. Berger 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 care100.093.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care98.093.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem76.977.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath97.694.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipationNot Available93.3

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Services Provided by Berger Hospice:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Berger Hospice below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Other Services

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • 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 Berger Hospice
Home Health Aides1
Counselors0.03
Homemakers1
Medical Social Workers 0.05
Physicians0.05
Registered Nurses2.4
Total Employees4.53

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others1.09
Total Volunteers1.09

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› Verified 8 days ago

Certification Details for Berger Hospice:

  • October, 2000 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 in compliance with CMS program requirements based on an acceptable plan for correction of deficiencies.
  • 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.
  • Related Provider Number is 360170.

Hospices in Circleville

Berger Hospice
Location: 1170 North Court Street, Circleville, Ohio, 43113
Phone: (740) 420-7950

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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