Carepartners Hospice & Palliative Care Services in Asheville, North Carolina

Name	Carepartners Hospice & Palliative Care Services
Location	21 Belvedere Road, Asheville, North Carolina
Hospice ID	341501
Category	Part of a hospital
Ownership Type	Voluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit Type	NON-PROFIT
Accreditation Provider	The Joint Commission (TJC)
SSA county code	100

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Call to bring cancer genomics from the lab bench into large-scale clinical trials

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A hospice usually have one NPI number but sometimes it may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Carepartners Hospice & Palliative Care Services from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1417429002
Organization Name	Carepartners Hha, Lllp
Address	68 Sweeten Creek Rd Asheville, North Carolina, 28803
Phone Number	(828)277-4800

News Archive

New animal model helps define molecular processes that lead to PA

Pilocytic astrocytoma is the most common pediatric brain tumor, and there are few medical therapies available to those patients for whom surgery is not curative.

Fewer injuries and deaths justify cost of providing body armor to all law enforcement officers

Providing body armor to all law enforcement officers in the United States would provide enough benefit to justify the cost, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

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POSPaper.com, the Internet's premier source for point-of-sale supplies, paper products, and accessories, has expanded its website to include a "Restaurant Supplies" section as well as one-stop paper shopping for restaurants, retailers, banks, casinos, resorts, grocers, and more.

Call to bring cancer genomics from the lab bench into large-scale clinical trials

Professor Patrick Johnston is one of a number of pioneering scientists exploring how intimate genetic knowledge from individual tumours could help doctors predict which treatments will benefit their patients best. Major trials of this approach – which has shown considerable success in the lab – are needed to test its full predictive potential.

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› Verified 1 days ago

NPI Number	1750478350
Organization Name	Community Carepartners, Inc.
Address	68 Sweeten Creek Road Asheville, North Carolina, 28803
Phone Number	(828)277-4800

News Archive

New animal model helps define molecular processes that lead to PA

Pilocytic astrocytoma is the most common pediatric brain tumor, and there are few medical therapies available to those patients for whom surgery is not curative.

Fewer injuries and deaths justify cost of providing body armor to all law enforcement officers

Providing body armor to all law enforcement officers in the United States would provide enough benefit to justify the cost, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

POS website for one-stop paper shopping experience

POSPaper.com, the Internet's premier source for point-of-sale supplies, paper products, and accessories, has expanded its website to include a "Restaurant Supplies" section as well as one-stop paper shopping for restaurants, retailers, banks, casinos, resorts, grocers, and more.

Call to bring cancer genomics from the lab bench into large-scale clinical trials

Professor Patrick Johnston is one of a number of pioneering scientists exploring how intimate genetic knowledge from individual tumours could help doctors predict which treatments will benefit their patients best. Major trials of this approach – which has shown considerable success in the lab – are needed to test its full predictive potential.

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› Verified 1 days ago

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. Carepartners Hospice & Palliative Care Services has the following score in these measures of patient care.
Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Quality Measure	Provider Score	National Score
Patients or caregivers who were asked about treatment preferences like hospitalization and resuscitation at the beginning of hospice care	99.6	98.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care	97.8	93.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care	94.3	93.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem	73.0	77.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care	97.8	97.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath	98.2	94.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation	90.8	93.3

News Archive

New animal model helps define molecular processes that lead to PA

Pilocytic astrocytoma is the most common pediatric brain tumor, and there are few medical therapies available to those patients for whom surgery is not curative.

Fewer injuries and deaths justify cost of providing body armor to all law enforcement officers

Providing body armor to all law enforcement officers in the United States would provide enough benefit to justify the cost, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

POS website for one-stop paper shopping experience

POSPaper.com, the Internet's premier source for point-of-sale supplies, paper products, and accessories, has expanded its website to include a "Restaurant Supplies" section as well as one-stop paper shopping for restaurants, retailers, banks, casinos, resorts, grocers, and more.

Call to bring cancer genomics from the lab bench into large-scale clinical trials

Professor Patrick Johnston is one of a number of pioneering scientists exploring how intimate genetic knowledge from individual tumours could help doctors predict which treatments will benefit their patients best. Major trials of this approach – which has shown considerable success in the lab – are needed to test its full predictive potential.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 1 days ago

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Carepartners Hospice & Palliative Care Services below:

• By staff
  • Home Health Aide Service
  • Counseling Service
  • Home Maker Service
  • Medical Social Service
  • Medical Supply Service
  • Nursing Service
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physician Service
  • Physical Therapy
  • Speech Pathology


• Under Arrangement
  • 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 at Carepartners Hospice & Palliative Care Services

Home Health Aides	20.75
Counselors	9.5
Homemakers	1
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses	2.5
Medical Social Workers	8.25
Physicians	2.5
Registered Nurses	30.5
Other Personnel	8.25
Total Employees	83.25

News Archive

New animal model helps define molecular processes that lead to PA

Pilocytic astrocytoma is the most common pediatric brain tumor, and there are few medical therapies available to those patients for whom surgery is not curative.

Fewer injuries and deaths justify cost of providing body armor to all law enforcement officers

Providing body armor to all law enforcement officers in the United States would provide enough benefit to justify the cost, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

POS website for one-stop paper shopping experience

POSPaper.com, the Internet's premier source for point-of-sale supplies, paper products, and accessories, has expanded its website to include a "Restaurant Supplies" section as well as one-stop paper shopping for restaurants, retailers, banks, casinos, resorts, grocers, and more.

Call to bring cancer genomics from the lab bench into large-scale clinical trials

Professor Patrick Johnston is one of a number of pioneering scientists exploring how intimate genetic knowledge from individual tumours could help doctors predict which treatments will benefit their patients best. Major trials of this approach – which has shown considerable success in the lab – are needed to test its full predictive potential.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 1 days ago

Counselors	3
Others	10
Total Volunteers	13

News Archive

New animal model helps define molecular processes that lead to PA

Pilocytic astrocytoma is the most common pediatric brain tumor, and there are few medical therapies available to those patients for whom surgery is not curative.

Fewer injuries and deaths justify cost of providing body armor to all law enforcement officers

Providing body armor to all law enforcement officers in the United States would provide enough benefit to justify the cost, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

POS website for one-stop paper shopping experience

POSPaper.com, the Internet's premier source for point-of-sale supplies, paper products, and accessories, has expanded its website to include a "Restaurant Supplies" section as well as one-stop paper shopping for restaurants, retailers, banks, casinos, resorts, grocers, and more.

Call to bring cancer genomics from the lab bench into large-scale clinical trials

Professor Patrick Johnston is one of a number of pioneering scientists exploring how intimate genetic knowledge from individual tumours could help doctors predict which treatments will benefit their patients best. Major trials of this approach – which has shown considerable success in the lab – are needed to test its full predictive potential.

Read more Medical News

› Verified 1 days ago

• This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
• Most recent change of ownership is on October, 2003.

• August, 2005 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 30, September.
• Related Provider Number is 340023.

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.