Broad Reach Hospice in North Chatham, Massachusetts

Broad Reach Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in North Chatham, Massachusetts. It is a for profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 390 Orleans Road in North Chatham, Massachusetts. You can reach out to the office of Broad Reach Hospice via phone at (508) 945-4601.

Broad Reach Hospice is first approved in September, 2004 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 221559. Boston is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Broad Reach Hospice
390 Orleans Road, North Chatham, MA, 02650
(508) 945-4601

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Hospice Profile

NameBroad Reach Hospice
Location390 Orleans Road, North Chatham, Massachusetts
Hospice ID221559
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeProprietary - Partnership
Profit TypeFOR PROFIT
SSA county code000

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

NPI Number1841271087
Organization NameBroad Reach Hospice & Palliative Care Llc
Address390 Orleans Rd North Chatham, Massachusetts, 02650
Phone Number(508)945-1611

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Quality of Patient Care at Broad Reach 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. Broad Reach 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 care99.498.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care86.893.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care98.793.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem91.077.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.497.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath81.394.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation95.093.3

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Services Provided by Broad Reach Hospice:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Counseling Service
    • 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 Broad Reach Hospice
Home Health Aides9
Medical Social Workers 3
Physicians2
Registered Nurses14
Total Employees28

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Certification Details for Broad Reach Hospice:

  • May, 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 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.
  • National Heritage (massachusetts) 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 North Chatham

Broad Reach Hospice
Location: 390 Orleans Road, North Chatham, Massachusetts, 02650
Phone: (508) 945-4601

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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