Blize Healthcare in Albany, California

Blize Healthcare is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Albany, California. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Part of a Home Health Agency. It is located at 828 San Pablo Avenue, Suite 105 in Albany, California. You can reach out to the office of Blize Healthcare via phone at (510) 647-8057.

Blize Healthcare is first approved in January, 2014 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 551751. San Francisco is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Blize Healthcare
828 San Pablo Avenue, Suite 105, Albany, CA, 94706
(510) 647-8057

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Hospice Profile

NameBlize Healthcare
Location828 San Pablo Avenue, Suite 105, Albany, California
Hospice ID551751
CategoryPart of a Home Health Agency
Ownership TypeProprietary - Corporation
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
Accreditation Provider Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC)
SSA county code060

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

NPI Number1376917120
Organization NameBlize Healthcare California Inc.
Address828 San Pablo Ave Albany, California, 94706
Phone Number(855)552-5493

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NPI Number1598058869
Organization NamePaladin Home Care
Address828 San Pablo Ave Albany, California, 94706
Phone Number(510)526-2273

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NPI Number1871988055
Organization NameBlize Healthcare California Inc.
Address750 Alfred Nobel Dr Ste 202 Hercules, California, 94547
Phone Number(855)552-5493

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Quality of Patient Care at Blize Healthcare

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. Blize Healthcare 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 care93.493.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care98.493.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem93.577.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.597.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath91.894.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation100.093.3

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Services Provided by Blize Healthcare:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Home Maker Service
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • No services

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Blize Healthcare
Home Health Aides4
Counselors1.5
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses6.5
Medical Social Workers 1.5
Registered Nurses7.5
Total Employees21

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› Verified 9 days ago


Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others0.5
Total Volunteers0.5

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Read more Medical News

› Verified 9 days ago

Certification Details for Blize Healthcare:

  • June, 2017 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 31, December.
  • Related Provider Number is 059354.

Hospices in Albany

Blize Healthcare
Location: 828 San Pablo Avenue, Suite 105, Albany, California, 94706
Phone: (510) 647-8057

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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