Care Initiatives Hospice - Albia in Albia, Iowa

Care Initiatives Hospice - Albia is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Albia, Iowa. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 4 South Main Street in Albia, Iowa. You can reach out to the office of Care Initiatives Hospice - Albia via phone at (641) 932-3488.

Care Initiatives Hospice - Albia is first approved in September, 2009 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 161596. Kansas City is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

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Care Initiatives Hospice - Albia
4 South Main Street, Albia, IA, 52531
(641) 932-3488

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Hospice Profile

NameCare Initiatives Hospice - Albia
Location4 South Main Street, Albia, Iowa
Hospice ID161596
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code670

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

NPI Number1548426026
Organization NameCare Initiatives
Address4 South Main Street Albia, Iowa, 52531
Phone Number(641)932-3488

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Quality of Patient Care at Care Initiatives Hospice - Albia

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. Care Initiatives Hospice - Albia 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 care96.798.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care85.293.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care92.693.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problemNot Available77.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care96.797.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation93.393.3

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Services Provided by Care Initiatives Hospice - Albia:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • 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 Care Initiatives Hospice - Albia
Home Health Aides4.1
Counselors1.3
Homemakers0.4
Medical Social Workers 1.6
Physicians0.1
Registered Nurses4.8
Other Personnel3.5
Total Employees15.8

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others0.8
Total Volunteers0.8

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Certification Details for Care Initiatives Hospice - Albia:

  • August, 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 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.
  • Cgs Administrators Hhh 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 Albia

Care Initiatives Hospice - Albia
Location: 4 South Main Street, Albia, Iowa, 52531
Phone: (641) 932-3488

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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