Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency in Bristol, Connecticut

Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Bristol, Connecticut. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Part of a Home Health Agency. It is located at 222 Main Street in Bristol, Connecticut. You can reach out to the office of Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency via phone at (860) 585-4752.

Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency is first approved in October, 1994 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 071517. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency
222 Main Street, Bristol, CT, 06010
(860) 585-4752

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Hospice Profile

NameBristol Hospital Home Care Agency
Location222 Main Street, Bristol, Connecticut
Hospice ID071517
CategoryPart of a Home Health Agency
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code010

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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 Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1598284705
Organization NameBristol Homecare And Hospice Agency Incorporated
Address222 Main St Bristol, Connecticut, 06010
Phone Number(860)585-0837

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NPI Number1922120534
Organization NameBristol Hospital Incorporated
Address222 Main St. Bristol, Connecticut, 06010
Phone Number(860)585-4752

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People experience eating problems and risk of malnutrition three months after stroke

People who suffered a stroke continued to experience eating problems and more than half still risked malnutrition after three months, even though there had been a marked improvement in most of their physical functions.

Additional training may benefit physicians who interpret screening mammograms

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Quality of Patient Care at Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency

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. Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency 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 care97.893.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem100.077.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care98.697.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation97.493.3

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People experience eating problems and risk of malnutrition three months after stroke

People who suffered a stroke continued to experience eating problems and more than half still risked malnutrition after three months, even though there had been a marked improvement in most of their physical functions.

Additional training may benefit physicians who interpret screening mammograms

A multi-site study led by an Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute researcher has identified set criteria that could be used to help identify physicians who might benefit from additional training in interpreting screening mammograms.

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The placenta, a transient organ that links the developing embryo to its mother, is responsible for nutrient, waste and gas exchange between the fetus and the mother.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 1 days ago


Services Provided by Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • 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 Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency
Home Health Aides1.5
Counselors10
Medical Social Workers 1
Physicians0.25
Registered Nurses4
Other Personnel2.25
Total Employees19

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High carbon dioxide levels due to respiratory diseases may aggravate pancreatic cancer

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Takeda, Seattle Genetics announce preliminary data from brentuximab vedotin phase I study on sALCL

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People experience eating problems and risk of malnutrition three months after stroke

People who suffered a stroke continued to experience eating problems and more than half still risked malnutrition after three months, even though there had been a marked improvement in most of their physical functions.

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Read more Medical News

› Verified 1 days ago


Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others2
Total Volunteers2

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High carbon dioxide levels due to respiratory diseases may aggravate pancreatic cancer

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Takeda, Seattle Genetics announce preliminary data from brentuximab vedotin phase I study on sALCL

Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, and Seattle Genetics, Inc., today announced preliminary data from one arm of a three arm phase I, open-label, multicenter study designed to determine the safety and activity of sequential and combination treatment approaches of brentuximab vedotin with CHOP or CH-P chemotherapy in newly diagnosed patients with CD30-positive mature T- and NK- cell lymphomas.

People experience eating problems and risk of malnutrition three months after stroke

People who suffered a stroke continued to experience eating problems and more than half still risked malnutrition after three months, even though there had been a marked improvement in most of their physical functions.

Additional training may benefit physicians who interpret screening mammograms

A multi-site study led by an Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute researcher has identified set criteria that could be used to help identify physicians who might benefit from additional training in interpreting screening mammograms.

Scientists reveal key role of TLK2 gene in placenta development, embryo viability in mice

The placenta, a transient organ that links the developing embryo to its mother, is responsible for nutrient, waste and gas exchange between the fetus and the mother.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 1 days ago

Certification Details for Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency:

  • July, 2018 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 Heritage (hha - A) 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, September.
  • Related Provider Number is 077198.

Hospices in Bristol

Bristol Hospital Home Care Agency
Location: 222 Main Street, Bristol, Connecticut, 06010
Phone: (860) 585-4752

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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