Columbia Montour Home Hospice in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

Columbia Montour Home Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Part of a Home Health Agency. It is located at 410 Glenn Ave Suite 200 in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. You can reach out to the office of Columbia Montour Home Hospice via phone at (570) 784-1723.

Columbia Montour Home Hospice is first approved in January, 1989 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 391533. Philadelphia is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Columbia Montour Home Hospice
410 Glenn Ave Suite 200, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815
(570) 784-1723

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Hospice Profile

NameColumbia Montour Home Hospice
Location410 Glenn Ave Suite 200, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Hospice ID391533
CategoryPart of a Home Health Agency
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Other
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
SSA county code250

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

NPI Number1346280609
Organization NameGeisinger Community Health Services
Address109 Woodbine Ln Danville, Pennsylvania, 17821
Phone Number(570)271-5336

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NPI Number1467866863
Organization NameGeisinger Community Health Services
Address100 N Academy Ave Danville, Pennsylvania, 17822
Phone Number(570)784-1723

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NPI Number1477559276
Organization NameGeisinger Community Health Services
Address410 Glenn Ave Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 17815
Phone Number(570)784-1723

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Quality of Patient Care at Columbia Montour Home 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. Columbia Montour Home 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 care99.598.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care99.593.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care96.193.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem83.777.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.097.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath98.194.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation95.193.3

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Services Provided by Columbia Montour Home Hospice:

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

  • 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 Columbia Montour Home Hospice
Home Health Aides8.38
Counselors1.07
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses2.1
Medical Social Workers 2.91
Physicians1
Registered Nurses8.33
Other Personnel5.09
Total Employees28.88

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Others2.39
Total Volunteers2.39

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Ownership Details:

  • This hospice has undergone 1 time/s change of ownership.
  • Most recent change of ownership is on July, 2014.

Certification Details for Columbia Montour Home Hospice:

  • February, 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.
  • Novitas Pa 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 397718.

Hospices in Bloomsburg

Columbia Montour Home Hospice
Location: 410 Glenn Ave Suite 200, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 17815
Phone: (570) 784-1723

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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