Community Health Care & Hospice in Mccook, Nebraska

Community Health Care & Hospice is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Mccook, Nebraska. It is a other hospice and this hospice is a Part of a hospital. It is located at 711 East 11th Street Suite A in Mccook, Nebraska. You can reach out to the office of Community Health Care & Hospice via phone at (308) 344-8303.

Community Health Care & Hospice is first approved in November, 1998 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 281531. Kansas City is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

Contact Information


Community Health Care & Hospice
711 East 11th Street Suite A, Mccook, NE, 69001
(308) 344-8303

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Hospice Profile

NameCommunity Health Care & Hospice
Location711 East 11th Street Suite A, Mccook, Nebraska
Hospice ID281531
CategoryPart of a hospital
Ownership TypeOther
Profit TypeOTHER
SSA county code720

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

Quality of Patient Care at Community Health Care & 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. Community Health Care & 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 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 care95.293.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem55.077.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care87.197.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath81.594.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation85.793.3

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Services Provided by Community Health Care & Hospice:

Hospice provide various services either through their own staff or through third-party arrangements. Find the list of services provided by Community Health Care & Hospice below:
  • By staff
    • Home Health Aide Service
    • Nursing Service
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Speech Pathology
    • Other Services

  • Under Arrangement
    • Medical Supply Service
    • Physician Service
    • Physical Therapy
    • Short Term Inpatient care

  • Combination of Staff and Under Arrangement
    • Counseling Service
    • Medical Social Service

  • Type of Short Term Inpatient Care
    • Acute and Respite

Number of Full-time equivalent Employees:

Number of full time equivalent employees at Community Health Care & Hospice
Home Health Aides0.25
Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses0.75
Medical Social Workers 0.25
Physicians0.25
Registered Nurses1.25
Other Personnel0.5
Total Employees3.25

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Counselors0.25
Others0.25
Total Volunteers0.5

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Certification Details for Community Health Care & Hospice:

  • May, 2016 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 (iowa/south Dakota) 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, June.
  • Related Provider Number is 281363.

Hospices in Mccook

Community Health Care & Hospice
Location: 711 East 11th Street Suite A, Mccook, Nebraska, 69001
Phone: (308) 344-8303

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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