Community Hospice Of Southern Ohio in Ironton, Ohio

Community Hospice Of Southern Ohio is a medicare-certified hospice facility in Ironton, Ohio. It is a non-profit hospice and this hospice is a Freestanding Hospice. It is located at 2029 South Third Street in Ironton, Ohio. You can reach out to the office of Community Hospice Of Southern Ohio via phone at (740) 532-8841.

Community Hospice Of Southern Ohio is first approved in June, 2010 to provide medicare and/or medicaid services and its CMS certification number (CCN) is 361653. Chicago is the CMS Regional Office responsible for the certification of this hospice.

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Community Hospice Of Southern Ohio
2029 South Third Street, Ironton, OH, 45638
(740) 532-8841

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Hospice Profile

NameCommunity Hospice Of Southern Ohio
Location2029 South Third Street, Ironton, Ohio
Hospice ID361653
CategoryFreestanding Hospice
Ownership TypeVoluntary Non-profit - Private
Profit TypeNON-PROFIT
Accreditation ProviderThe Joint Commission (TJC)
SSA county code450

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

NPI Number1013242551
Organization NameCommunity Hospice, Inc.
Address2029 S 3rd St Ironton, Ohio, 45638
Phone Number(740)532-8841

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Quality of Patient Care at Community Hospice Of Southern Ohio

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 Hospice Of Southern Ohio 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 care99.698.3
Patients or caregivers who were asked about their beliefs and values at the beginning of hospice care99.693.6
Patients who were checked for pain at the beginning of hospice care99.693.9
Patients who got a timely and thorough pain assessment when pain was identified as a problem64.377.7
Patients who were checked for shortness of breath at the beginning of hospice care99.197.3
Patients who got timely treatment for shortness of breath100.094.6
Patients taking opioid pain medication who were offered care for constipation98.293.3

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Services Provided by Community Hospice Of Southern Ohio:

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

  • Under Arrangement
    • 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 Community Hospice Of Southern Ohio
Home Health Aides3
Counselors2
Homemakers1
Medical Social Workers 2
Physicians1
Registered Nurses10
Total Employees19

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Number of Full-time equivalent Volunteers:

Counselors5
Homemakers1
Physicians11
Others15
Total Volunteers32

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Certification Details for Community Hospice Of Southern Ohio:

  • June, 2010 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.
  • 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 Initial.
  • End of fiscal year is on 31, December.

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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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